Courtships, Marriage Customs, and Shakespeare's Comedies
Loreen L.Geise
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Description for Courtships, Marriage Customs, and Shakespeare's Comedies
Hardcover. Evidence found in legal and literary texts from early modern England undermines and complicates any notions of a monolithic, stable ideal of female conduct. This study of over 5000 folios of court depositions contemporary with Shakespeare's plays demonstrates the complex ways those plays participate in and comment upon their culture. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Loreen L. Giese's study of over 5000 important folios of court depositions contemporary with Shakespeare's plays demonstrates the complex ways those plays participate in and comment upon their culture, rather than stand apart from it. Both the court records and the plays present women as agents who are capable of challenging their traditional roles.
Loreen L. Giese's study of over 5000 important folios of court depositions contemporary with Shakespeare's plays demonstrates the complex ways those plays participate in and comment upon their culture, rather than stand apart from it. Both the court records and the plays present women as agents who are capable of challenging their traditional roles.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312166045
SKU
V9780312166045
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About Loreen L.Geise
LOREEN L. GIESE is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University, USA.
Reviews for Courtships, Marriage Customs, and Shakespeare's Comedies
"Giese offers a strong and richly-evidenced argument, and the fundamental research will not soon be outdated or overtaken. This book will be a valuable addition to the bookshelf of scholars of early modern marriage, London, and Shakespeare." - Vanessa Harding, Birkbeck, University of London. "The material in the London Consistory Court depositions is fascinating-it provides a rare ... Read more