Marriage and Land Law in Shakespeare and Middleton / Nancy Mohrlock Bunker.
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TextPublisher: Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 267 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781611476675
- 1611476674
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Middleton, Thomas, -1627 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Middleton, Thomas, -1627
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Marriage in literature
- Law and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Law and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Mariage dans la littérature
- Droit et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siècle
- Droit et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Law and literature
- Marriage in literature
- England
- 1500-1699
- 822.3/3 23
- PR3069.M32
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.
Introduction: Patriarchal marriage, companionate marriage -- Thwarting the enterprising patriarch: The taming of the shrew and a chaste maid in cheapside -- Absent patriarchs and present guardians: All's well that ends well and a trick to catch the old one -- Marriage against the grain of social order: Measure for measure and a mad world, my masters -- Assertive women broker themselves: the merchant of Venice and the roaring girl -- Companionate marriage: Much ado about nothing and no wit, no help like a woman's.
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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.
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