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The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage

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

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Description
  1. 1 online resource (306 pages)
Summary
  1. The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.
Subject
  1. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
  2. English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
  3. Inheritance and succession in literature
  4. Theater and society > England > History > 16th century
  5. Theater and society > England > History > 17th century
Contents
  1. 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.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Dowd, Michelle M.
Title
  1. The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage [electronic resource].
Imprint
  1. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
  1. Print version record.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Other form:
  1. Print version: Dowd, Michelle M. Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2015 9781107099777
LCCN
  1. 2014048679
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