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Dramatic difference : gender, class, and genre in the early modern closet drama /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raber, Karen, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newark [Del.] : London ; Cranbury, NJ : University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses, [2001]
Subjects:
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Verse drama, English > History and criticism.
Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, > Countess of, > 1561-1621. > Antonie.
Greville, Fulke, > Baron Brooke, > 1554-1628. > Mustapha.
Cary, Elizabeth, > Lady, > 1585 or 1586-1639. > Tragedy of Mariam.
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, > Duchess of, > 1624?-1674 > Dramatic works.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Social classes in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Literary form.
Table of Contents:
  • Domestic drama: the politics of Mary Sidney's Antonie
  • Political families: Fulke Greville's Mustapha and renaissance historical drama
  • Gender, genre and the state: Elizabeth Cary's Tragedy of Mariam
  • Margaret Cavendish's Playes and the drama of authority
  • Conclusion: closets and stages and the restoration.