Description |
1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
The Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture |
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Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture
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Contents |
"The story shall be changed" : the fairy feminism of A midsummer night's dream -- "Ferry honest knaueries" in The merry wives of Windsor -- The fairy quean : Fairyland meets the fifth monarchy in Ben Jonson's The alchemist -- "Change you, madam" : social role transgressions and gender transformations in Cymbeline -- The fairy defense |
Summary |
"Fairies, Fractious Women, and the Old Faith examines the ways in which the fairy, rebellious woman, quasi-Catholic trio repeatedly stages resistance to early modern conceptions of appropriate class and gender conduct and state-mandated religion in A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cymbeline, All's Well That Ends Well and Ben Jonson's The Alchemist. The introduction provides an overview of widespread popular beliefs with respect to fairies - beliefs with particular relevance to the lived experience of women - and illustrates their connection to the doctrinal battles waged over religious reform in this period."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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Fairies in literature.
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
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Fairy plays -- History and criticism
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Mythology, Celtic, in literature.
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Women healers in literature.
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Witchcraft in literature.
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Catholics in literature.
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Catholics in literature
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English drama
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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Fairies in literature
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Fairy plays
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Mythology, Celtic, in literature
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Witchcraft in literature
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Women and literature
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Women healers in literature
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England
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2005029434 |
ISBN |
9781936249909 |
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1936249901 |
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