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The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage

Title
The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage [electronic resource].
Author
Dowd, Michelle M.
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description
1 online resource (306 pages)
Summary
The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.
Subject
  • English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  • English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  • Inheritance and succession in literature
  • Theater and society > England > History > 16th century
  • Theater and society > England > History > 17th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on texts and dates; Introduction: Staging inheritance in early modern England; 1 Crooked titles and inconstant estates; 2 Revision and inaccessibility in The Duchess of Malfi; 3 Travel, displacement, and the prodigal son; 4 Dislocation and the loss of issue in Pericles; 5 Claustrophobia and urban affiliation in Volpone and Epicene; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
LCCN
2014048679
OCLC
911000686
Author
Dowd, Michelle M.
Title
The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage [electronic resource].
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
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Print version: Dowd, Michelle M. Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2015 9781107099777
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