The tragedy of Mariam, the fair queen of Jewry / her life / by one of her daughters ; edited by Barry Weller and Margaret W. Ferguson.
The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original play by a woman to be published in England, and its author is the first English woman writer to be memorialized in a biography, which is included with this edition of the play. Mariam is a distinctive example of Renaissance drama that serves the des...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1994.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=41947 |
| Summary: | The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original play by a woman to be published in England, and its author is the first English woman writer to be memorialized in a biography, which is included with this edition of the play. Mariam is a distinctive example of Renaissance drama that serves the desire of today's readers and scholars to know not merely how women were represented in the early modern period but also how they themselves perceived their own condition. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-328). |
| ISBN: | 9780520912984 0520912985 058535328X 9780585353289 0520079671 0520079698 |