The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680
This is the first book to study the work and influence of Elizabeth Cary, author of the first original play by a woman to be printed in English, The Tragedyie of Mariam (1613). Previous criticism focused concentrated on this and The History of Edward II , this volume incorporates critical and historical analyses of other genres too.
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The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680
This is the first book to study the work and influence of Elizabeth Cary, author of the first original play by a woman to be printed in English, The Tragedyie of Mariam (1613). Previous criticism focused concentrated on this and The History of Edward II , this volume incorporates critical and historical analyses of other genres too.
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The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680

The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680

The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680

The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680

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This is the first book to study the work and influence of Elizabeth Cary, author of the first original play by a woman to be printed in English, The Tragedyie of Mariam (1613). Previous criticism focused concentrated on this and The History of Edward II , this volume incorporates critical and historical analyses of other genres too.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781403970169
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 02/23/2007
Edition description: 2007
Pages: 261
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

HEATHER WOLFE is a distinguished scholar and the Curator of Manuscripts, Folger Shakespeare Library, USA.

Table of Contents

PART I: THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM Private Lyrics in Elizabeth Cary's Tragedy of Mariam ; I.Bell Mariam and Early Modern Discourses of Martyrdom; E.E.Kelly Elizabeth Cary's Historical Conscience: The Tragedy of Mariam and Thomas Lodge's Josephus; A.Shell PART II: EDWARD II 'Royal Fever' and 'The Giddy Commons' in Elizabeth Cary's History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II ; C.Perry 'Fortune is a Stepmother': Gender and Political Discourse in Elizabeth Cary's History of Edward II; M.Suzuki
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