Widows and suitors in early modern English comedy /
[Book]
Jennifer Panek.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
1 online resource (x, 243 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index.
The widow's choice : female remarriage in early modern England -- The widow's threat : domestic government and male anxiety -- The suitor's fantasy : courtship and compensation -- The husband's fear : the lusty widow as wife -- A playwright's response : four Middletonian remarriage plots.
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The courtship and remarriage of a rich widow was a popular motif in early modern comic theatre. Jennifer Panek brings together a variety of texts, from ballads and jest-books to sermons and court records, to examine the staple widow of comedy in her cultural context.
Widows and suitors in early modern English comedy.
Courtship in literature.
English drama (Comedy)-- History and criticism.
English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-- History and criticism.
Widows in literature.
Comédie anglaise-- 16e siècle-- Histoire et critique
Mariage dans la littérature
Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature