Better a Shrew than a Sheep : Women, Drama, and the Culture of Jest in Early Modern England

In a study that explodes the assumption that early modern comic culture was created by men for men, Pamela Allen Brown shows that jest books, plays, and ballads represented women as laugh-getters and sought out the laughter of ordinary women. Disputing the claim that non-elite women had little acces...
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Brown, Pamela Allen [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press ; 2018

©2003

Rechteinformationen:

Restricted Access

Schlagwörter:

Women in literature

Comic, The, in literature

English drama (Comedy), History and criticism

English drama, History and criticism, 17th century

English drama, History and criticism, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

English wit and humor, History and criticism

Jestbooks, English, History

Sex role in literature

Women and literature, History, 16th century, England

Women and literature, History, 17th century, England

English drama.

Women and literature.

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource ; 14 halftones

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ISBN:

978-1-5017-2236-3

DOI / URN:

10.7591/9781501722363

Katalog-ID:

1654737216

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