Women on the Early Modern Stage : A Woman Killed with Kindness, the Tamer Tamed, the Duchess of Malfi, the Witch of Edmonton 9781408182338, 9781408182314

This New Mermaids anthology brings together four plays which centre around female characters on stage: A Woman Killed Wi

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Women on the Early Modern Stage : A Woman Killed with Kindness, the Tamer Tamed, the Duchess of Malfi, the Witch of Edmonton 9781408182338, 9781408182314

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The Duchess of Malfi: A Critical Guide 9781623560225, 9780826443274, 9780826441249
The Duchess of Malfi: A Critical Guide 9781623560225, 9780826443274, 9780826441249

This is a comprehensive introduction to "The Duchess of Malfi" that introduces its critical and performance hi

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Women and Geography on the Early Modern English Stage 9789048544226
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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The Youth of Early Modern Women 9789048534982
The Youth of Early Modern Women 9789048534982

Through fifteen essays that draw on a rich array of primary sources, this collection makes the novel claim that early mo

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Mothers and meaning on the early modern English stage 9781847792891
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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Practicing the City: Early Modern London on Stage 9780823267897
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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Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage 9780823284283
Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage 9780823284283

Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage shows how theater reflects, enables, and contests the politicizati

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Performing Widowhood on the Early Modern English Stage 9781501513893, 9781501520204
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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A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays 9780192829504, 9780191539886, 0191539880, 9781281769886, 1281769886
A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays 9780192829504, 9780191539886, 0191539880, 9781281769886, 1281769886

This unique edition brings together four plays concerned with 'domestic' themes: Arden of Faversham, Heywood&#

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The Edge of Christendom on the Early Modern Stage 9781501514159, 9781501520334
The Edge of Christendom on the Early Modern Stage 9781501514159, 9781501520334

Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the edges of Europe were under pressure from the Ottoman Turks. This

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Unnatural and Unconventional Liaisons in English Renaissance Drama : The Duchess of Malfi, Women Beware Women and ’Tis a Pity She’s a Whore 9783869457901, 9783883099804
Unnatural and Unconventional Liaisons in English Renaissance Drama : The Duchess of Malfi, Women Beware Women and ’Tis a Pity She’s a Whore 9783869457901, 9783883099804

Friederike Schmiga studied English literature, linguistics and philosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and

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