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Mothers and Meaning on the Early Modern English Stage
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Mothers and Meaning on the Early Modern English Stage
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Felicity Dunworth
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:256 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780719088469
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.30935252 |
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| Audience | | General | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
1 November 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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"
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