Mothers and meaning on the early modern English stage

Informationen zum Autor Felicity Dunworth teaches at the University of Kent Klappentext Examines the political rhetoric of Mary I, Elizabeth and James, reported gallows confessions of mother convicts and the increasingly popular Puritan conduct books Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The transformation of tradition2. Motherhood and the classical tradition3. Motherhood and history4. 'Pleasing punishment': motherhood and comic narrative5. Motherhood and the household: domestic tragedy and city comedy 6. Typology and subjectivity in Hamlet and Coriolanus7. Dead mothers among the living8. Conclusion

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Felicity Dunworth teaches at the University of Kent

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Examines the political rhetoric of Mary I, Elizabeth and James, reported gallows confessions of mother convicts and the increasingly popular Puritan conduct books

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The transformation of tradition 2. Motherhood and the classical tradition 3. Motherhood and history 4. 'Pleasing punishment': motherhood and comic narrative 5. Motherhood and the household: domestic tragedy and city comedy 6. Typology and subjectivity in Hamlet and Coriolanus 7. Dead mothers among the living 8. Conclusion