Tragicomic Redemptions : Global Economics and the Early Modern English Stage [1 ed.] 9780812201925, 9780812240962

In the early modern period, England radically expanded its participation in an economy that itself was becoming increasi

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Tragicomic Redemptions : Global Economics and the Early Modern English Stage [1 ed.]
9780812201925, 9780812240962

Valerie Forman contends that three seemingly unrelated domains—new economic theories and practices; the discourses of Ch

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

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

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

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Labors Lost offers a fascinating and wide-ranging account of working women's behind-the-scenes and hitherto unackno

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

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

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

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This dissertation examines the representation of ascetic renunciation in early modern drama, focusing in particular on t

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