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Description

1. 1 online resource.

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. 1500-1699
2. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism
3. English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
4. Inheritance and succession in literature
5. Theater and society > England > History > 16th century
6. Theater and society > England > History > 17th century
7. English drama
8. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
9. Theater and society
10. England

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History.

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., 1975-

Title

1. The dynamics of inheritance on the Shakespearean stage / Michelle M. Dowd.

Publisher

1. New York : 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.

Connect to:

1. Cambridge Books Online

Chronological term

1. 1500-1699

Other form:

1. Print version: Dowd, Michelle M. Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2015 9781107099777

LCCN

1. 2014048679

ISBN

1. 9781316163184 electronic bk.
2. 1316163180 electronic bk.
3. 9781316320785 electronic bk.
4. 1316320782 electronic bk.