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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792037803321

Autore

Ward Allyna E

Titolo

Women and Tudor tragedy [[electronic resource] ] : feminizing counsel and representing gender / / Allyna E. Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Lanham, Maryland, : Co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group,  Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-299-28888-X

1-61147-602-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

822/.3093522

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Women in literature

English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Introduction; Chapter One: History, Religion, and Culture; Chapter Two: Political Women and Dramatic Representation; Chapter Three: Seneca and Female Power; Chapter Four: Tyrants and Counselors; Chapter Five: Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Women and Tudor Tragedy explores the interconnected relationships of women as writers, dramatic characters, and political participants in Tudor England to reveal the importance of these to the understanding of women's place in English culture, political, and religious life.