Widows and suitors in early modern English comedy / Jennifer Panek.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)Content type: - text
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- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- Widows in literature
- English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
- Courtship in literature
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Marriage in literature
- Dating (Social customs) in literature
- Comédie anglaise -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature
- Veuves dans la littérature
- Mariage dans la littérature
- Théâtre anglais -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Comédie anglaise -- Histoire et critique
- Amours dans la littérature
- DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Courtship in literature
- English drama (Comedy)
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
- Widows in literature
- Witwe Motiv
- Wiederverheiratung
- Komödie
- Toneelstukken
- Engels
- Hofmakerij
- Weduwen
- Englisch
- 1500-1600
- Geschichte 1590-1642
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- PR658.W53 P36 2004eb
- 18.05
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index.
The widow's choice : female remarriage in early modern England -- The widow's threat : domestic government and male anxiety -- The suitor's fantasy : courtship and compensation -- The husband's fear : the lusty widow as wife -- A playwright's response : four Middletonian remarriage plots.
The courtship and remarriage of a rich widow was a popular motif in early modern comic theatre. Jennifer Panek brings together a variety of texts, from ballads and jest-books to sermons and court records, to examine the staple widow of comedy in her cultural context.
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