TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bunker,Nancy Mohrlock
TI  - Marriage and Land Law in Shakespeare and Middleton
SN  - 9781611476675
AV  - PR3069.M32 
U1  - 822.3/3 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Madison
PB  - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Middleton, Thomas,
KW  - Marriage in literature
KW  - Law and literature
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Mariage dans la littérature
KW  - Droit et littérature
KW  - Angleterre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 16e siècle
KW  - 17e siècle
KW  - DRAMA
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index; Introduction: Patriarchal marriage, companionate marriage -- Thwarting the enterprising patriarch: The taming of the shrew and a chaste maid in cheapside -- Absent patriarchs and present guardians: All's well that ends well and a trick to catch the old one -- Marriage against the grain of social order: Measure for measure and a mad world, my masters -- Assertive women broker themselves: the merchant of Venice and the roaring girl -- Companionate marriage: Much ado about nothing and no wit, no help like a woman's
N2  - In paired discussions of marriage plays by Shakespeare and Middleton, this book explores the maneuvers that marriageable characters deploy in order to control spousal choice and secure land. Investigation into the milieu of early modern inheritance laws enables a fresh reading of Shakespeare's and Middleton's marriage comedies
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