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Mothers and Meaning on the Early Modern English Stage

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mothers and Meaning on the Early Modern English Stage
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Felicity Dunworth
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780719088469
ClassificationsDewey:822.30935252
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 November 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Mothers and meaning on the early modern English stage is a study of the dramatised mother figure in English drama from the mid-sixteenth to the early seventeenth centuries. It explores a range of genres: moralities, histories, romantic comedies, city comedies, domestic tragedies, high tragedies, romances and melodrama and includes close readings of

Author Biography

Felicity Dunworth teaches at the University of Kent -- .

Reviews

"An interesting, valuable work on the ways and reasons mothers portrayed on the early-modern stage...The book offers an important discussion of an underserved topic. Recommended."--"Choice"