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Marriage contracts from Chaucer to the Renaissance stage
- Title
- Marriage contracts from Chaucer to the Renaissance stage / Kathryn Jacobs.
- Author
- Jacobs, Kathryn Elisabeth, 1957-
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2001], ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PR275.M3 J33 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 181 pages; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Widows in literature
- English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
- Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > History and criticism
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Canterbury tales
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Views on marriage
- Marriage in literature
- English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
- Adultery in literature
- Prenuptial agreements in literature
- Marriage customs and rites in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-174) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Marriage Contracts through the Centuries -- Pt. I. Chaucer. 1. Rewriting the Marriage Contract: Adultery in the Canterbury Tales. 2. Marriage Ceremonies and Property in the Canterbury Tales. 3. Extramarital Contracts in the Canterbury Tales. 4. The Legacy of the Marriage Contract: Chaucer's Widows. Entr'acte: When the Law Changed -- Pt. II. Religious and Renaissance Drama. 5. Under Stress: The Marriage Contracts of the Mystery Cycles, and the Trailing Spouse. 6. Unlawful Unions on the Renaissance Stage. 7. Remarrying Widows on the Renaissance Stage.
- ISBN
- 0813021022 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00053663
- OCLC
- ocm45413538
- SCSB-4168896
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries