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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792578203321

Autore

Christensen Ann C.

Titolo

Separation scenes : domestic drama in early modern England / / Ann C. Christensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8032-9665-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Early Modern Cultural Studies

Disciplina

822.051

Soggetti

Domestic drama, English - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: absent husbands and unpartnered wives in early modern England -- Housekeeping and forlorn travel in Arden of Faversham -- The doorstep and the exchange in A warning for fair women -- One man's calling in A woman killed with kindness -- Women, work, and windows in Women beware women -- The East India Company and the domestic economy in The launching of the Mary, or The  seaman's honest wife -- Epilogue: John and Anne Donne and the culture of business.