Courtships, Marriage Customs, and Shakespeare's Comedies

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.

Author: L. Giese
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 217
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.67h x 5.86w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780312166045

About the Author
LOREEN L. GIESE is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University, USA.