Research Catalog

Title

The tragedy of Mariam, the fair queen of Jewry / Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland. With, The Lady Falkland : her life / by one of her daughters ; edited by Barry Weller and Margaret W. Ferguson.

Author

Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 1586-1639.

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Weller, Barry.
• Ferguson, Margaret W., 1948-

Description

xii, 328 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Lady Falkland.

Subjects

• Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 1586-1639
• Dramatists, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Biography
• Women and literature > England > History > 17th century
• Mariamne, consort of Herod I, King of Judea, approximately 57 B.C.-approximately 29 B.C > Drama
• Herod > I, > King of Judea, > 73 B.C.-4 B.C > Drama

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Elizabeth Cary's Life and Works. Subtexts and Contents for Mariam. Josephus and Jewish Materials. Biblical and Historical Herods. Mystery Play Herods. Continental and Classicizing Dramas about Herod and Mariam. English "Closet" Dramas. The "Social Text" of Henry VIII's Divorce. Cary's Mariam. The Chorus and Conventional Wisdom. Structure and Characterization. Mariam and Shakespeare. The Texts of Mariam and the Life. The 1613 Quarto of Mariam. The Manuscript of The Lady of Falkland: Her Life -- Pt. 1. The Tragedy of Mariam. Historical Background to the Events in the Play. The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry / Elizabeth Cary -- Pt. 2. The Lady Falkland. Chronology of Elizabeth Cary's Life and Works. The Lady Falkland: Her Life, by One of Her Daughters -- Appendix A: Passages from Lodge's Translation of Josephus (1602) -- Appendix B: Textual Collation for Mariam.

ISBN

• 0520079671 (alk. paper)
• 0520079698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780520079694 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

92036294

OCLC

• 472726218
• ocn472726218

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries