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Synopsis
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.
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Review
"Giese offers a strong and richly-evidenced argument, and the fundamental research will not soon be outdated or overtaken. This book will be a valuable addition to the bookshelf of scholars of early modern marriage, London, and Shakespeare."--Vanessa Harding, Birkbeck, University of London.
"The material in the London Consistory Court depositions is fascinating-it provides a rare opportunity to hear voices of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries talking about details of personal lives."--Linda Woodbridge, Pennsylvania State University
"Giese offers a strong and richly-evidenced argument, and the fundamental research will not soon be outdated or overtaken. This book will be a valuable addition to the bookshelf of scholars of early modern marriage, London, and Shakespeare." - Vanessa Harding, Birkbeck, University of London.
"The material in the London Consistory Court depositions is fascinating-it provides a rare opportunity to hear voices of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries talking about details of personal lives." - Linda Woodbridge, Pennsylvania State University
About the Author
Loreen L. Giese is Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. In addition to publishing articles on Shakespeare's plays and on courting and marrying behaviors in early modern London, she edited "London Consistory Court"" Depositions, 1586-1611: List and Indexes" (London Record Society, 1997 for 1995).
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- ISBN 10 1349615811
- ISBN 13 9781349615810
- BindingPaperback
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