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Goddesses, mages, and wise women : the female pastoral guide in sixteenth and seventeenth-century English drama

Title
Goddesses, mages, and wise women : the female pastoral guide in sixteenth and seventeenth-century English drama / Sharon Rose Yang.
Author
Yang, Sharon R.
Publication
Selinsgrove, PA : Susquehanna University Press, c2011.

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Description
279 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Pastoral drama, English > History and criticism
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  • English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  • Women in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The early guide as "the light in the sky" -- Mages and sages versus the witch -- Queens and goddesses: Endymion, Midsummer night's dream, and Love's victory -- The pastoral guide: the mage and female scholar -- The faithful shepherdess: handmaiden of the great god Pan -- Subversive wise woman: the doctor she of All's well that ends well -- "Curing by counsel": Rosalind of As you like it -- "And afterwards".
Call Number
JFE 11-3149
ISBN
  • 9781575911564 (alk. paper)
  • 1575911566 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2010040676
OCLC
YBP 2010040676
Author
Yang, Sharon R.
Title
Goddesses, mages, and wise women : the female pastoral guide in sixteenth and seventeenth-century English drama / Sharon Rose Yang.
Imprint
Selinsgrove, PA : Susquehanna University Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-3149
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