Widows and Suitors in Early Modern English Comedy
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Widows and Suitors in Early Modern English Comedy
Book Details
- Author
- Jennifer Panek
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- British & Irish
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780521036627
- ISBN-10
- 0521036623
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ISBN: 0521036623
Author: Panek, Jennifer
Condition: New
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 this staple of comic theatre in its cultural context. She persuasively challenges the stereotype of the lusty widow as a tactic to dissuade women from second marriages, arguing instead that it was deployed to enable her suitors to regain their masculinity, under threat from the dominant, wealthier widow.
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