02491nam 2200601 450 991082695130332120200520144314.01-61147-736-01-61147-667-4(CKB)2550000001342269(EBL)1762212(OCoLC)887503599(SSID)ssj0001287442(PQKBManifestationID)12549681(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001287442(PQKBWorkID)11280191(PQKB)11429921(MiAaPQ)EBC1762212(Au-PeEL)EBL1762212(CaPaEBR)ebr10907206(CaONFJC)MIL634952(EXLCZ)99255000000134226920140826h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMarriage and land law in Shakespeare and Middleton /Nancy Mohrlock BunkerLanham, Maryland ;London :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-666-6 1-322-03701-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Thwarting the Enterprising Patriarch; 2 Absent Patriarchs and Present Guardians; 3 Marriage Against the Grain of Social Order; 4 Assertive Women Broker Themselves; 5 Companionate Marriage; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author<span><span>In paired discussions of marriage plays by Shakespeare and Middleton, this book explores the maneuvers that marriageable characters deploy in order to control spousal choice and secure land. Investigation into the milieu of early modern inheritance laws enables a fresh reading of Shakespeare's and Middleton's marriage comedies. </span></span>Marriage in literatureLaw and literatureEnglandHistory16th centuryLaw and literatureEnglandHistory17th centuryMarriage in literature.Law and literatureHistoryLaw and literatureHistory822.3/3Bunker Nancy Mohrlock1949-1623892MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826951303321Marriage and land law in Shakespeare and Middleton3958566UNINA