| Description |
1 online resource (x, 246 pages) |
| Contents |
Precept and practice -- Exemplary "seeming widows" -- Problematic widowed mothers -- War widows -- Working widows -- Lusty widows/remarried widows -- Opting out |
| Summary |
Shakespeare's Widows moves thirty-one characters appearing in twenty plays to center stage. Through nuanced analyses, grounded in the widows' material circumstances, Kehler uncovers the plays' negotiations between the opposed poles of residual Catholic precept and Protestant practice - between celibacy and remarriage. Reading from a feminist materialist perspective, this book argues that Shakespeare's insights into the political and economic pressures the widows face allow them to elude mechanistic ideology. Kehler's book provides extensive historical background into the various religious and cultural attitudes towards widows in early modern England |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
| Subject |
Widows in literature.
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Theatre studies -- United Kingdom, Great Britain.
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Shakespeare studies & criticism -- United Kingdom, Great Britain.
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Literary studies: general -- United Kingdom, Great Britain.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Performing Arts.
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Widows in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230623354 |
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0230623352 |
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128255719X |
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9781282557192 |
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9781349380244 |
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1349380245 |
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