Greeks and Trojans on the Early Modern English Stage 9781501514500, 9781501518584, 9781501514623

Greeks and Trojans on the Early Modern English Stage 9781501514623, 9781501518584

No story was more interesting to Shakespeare and his contemporaries than that of Troy, partly because the story of Troy

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Greeks and Trojans on the Early Modern English Stage 1501518585, 9781501518584

No story was more interesting to Shakespeare and his contemporaries than that of Troy, partly because the story of Troy

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Women and Geography on the Early Modern English Stage 9789048544226

In a late 1590s atlas proof from cartographer John Speed, Queen Elizabeth appears, crowned and brandishing a ruler as th

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Mothers and meaning on the early modern English stage 9781847792891

Examines the political rhetoric of Mary I, Elizabeth and James, reported gallows confessions of mother convicts and the

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Performing Widowhood on the Early Modern English Stage 9781501513893, 9781501520204

The deaths of husbands radically changed women’s lives in the early modern period. While losing male protection, widows

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The Unruly Womb in Early Modern English Drama: Plotting Women's Biology on the Stage 9783110662016, 9781580443708

This study provides an accessible, informative and entertaining introduction to women’s sexual health as presented on th

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Selfhood on the Early Modern English Stage [1 ed.] 9781443815628, 9781847184511

The twelve essays in Selfhood on the Early Modern English Stage analyse the influences that shaped the fictional constru

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Manly Mechanicals on the Early Modern English Stage [1 ed.] 9781575911731, 9781575911595

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Practicing the City: Early Modern London on Stage 9780823267897

Explores the theater’s unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespear

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Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain 9781487519346

In this collection, leading scholars tackle subjects and disciplines as diverse as alchemy, optics, astronomy, acoustics

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