Female Mourning and Tragedy in Medieval and Renaissance English Drama
From the Raising of Lazarus to King Lear
Grieving women in early modern English drama, this study argues, recall not only those of Classical tragedy, but also, and more significantly, the lamenting women of medieval English drama, especially the Virgin Mary. Looking at the plays of Shakespeare, Kyd, and Webster, this book presents a new perspective on early modern drama grounded upon three original interrelated points. First, it explores how the motif of the mourning woman on the early modern stage embodies the cultural trauma of the Reformation in England. Second, the author here brings to light the extent to which the figures of early modern drama recall those of the recent med…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-93664-4
- EAN: 9781351936644
- Produktnummer: 22637614
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'565 KB
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Katharine Goodland is Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York's College of Staten Island, USA.
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