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Author Buccola, Regina, 1969-

Title Fairies, fractious women, and the old faith : fairy lore in early modern British drama and culture / Regina Buccola
Published Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations
Series The Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture
Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture
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
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Subject English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
Fairies in literature.
Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
Fairy plays -- History and criticism
Mythology, Celtic, in literature.
Women healers in literature.
Witchcraft in literature.
Catholics in literature.
Catholics in literature
English drama
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
Fairies in literature
Fairy plays
Mythology, Celtic, in literature
Witchcraft in literature
Women and literature
Women healers in literature
England
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005029434
ISBN 9781936249909
1936249901