Courtships, Marriage Customs, and Shakespeare's Comedies

Courtships, Marriage Customs, and Shakespeare's Comedies PDF Author: L. Giese
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137095164
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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Book Description
Loreen L. Giese's study of over 5000 important folios of court depositions contemporary with Shakespeare's plays demonstrates the complex ways those plays participate in and comment upon their culture, rather than stand apart from it. Both the court records and the plays present women as agents who are capable of challenging their traditional roles.