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A weaver-poet and the plague : labor, poverty, and the household in Shakespeare's London /

A narrative of Elizabethan London through the eyes of William Muggins, an impoverished silk-weaver who wrote poetry about the plague, motherhood, childrearing, poverty and the responsibility individuals have to one another.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oldenburg, Scott K., 1969- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Series:	Cultural inquiries in English literature, 1400-1700.
Subjects:	Muggins, William. Plague > England > London > History > 17th century. Working class > England > London > History > 17th century. Poor > England > London > History > 17th century. Women > England > London > History > 17th century. English poetry > 17th century > History and criticism. Working class writings, English > History and criticism. London (England) > History > 17th century. London (England) > Social conditions > 17th century.

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