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Marriage and land law in Shakespeare and Middleton / / Nancy Mohrlock Bunker



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Autore: Bunker Nancy Mohrlock <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Marriage and land law in Shakespeare and Middleton / / Nancy Mohrlock Bunker Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; London : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
Disciplina: 822.3/3
Soggetto topico: Marriage in literature
Law and literature - England - History - 16th century
Law and literature - England - History - 17th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: <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>
Titolo autorizzato: Marriage and land law in Shakespeare and Middleton  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61147-736-0
1-61147-667-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791142003321
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