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992190
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b746560
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| Main Entry
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Panek, Jennifer.
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| Title & Author
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Widows and suitors in early modern English comedy /\ Jennifer Panek.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004.
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1 online resource (x, 243 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511228937
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: 0511229771
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: 0511483864
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: 0521832713
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: 1280703059
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: 9780511228933
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: 9780511229770
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: 9780511230554
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: 9780511231322
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: 9780511483868
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: 9780521036627
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: 9780521832717
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: 9781280703058
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0521832713
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index.
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| Contents
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The widow's choice : female remarriage in early modern England -- The widow's threat : domestic government and male anxiety -- The suitor's fantasy : courtship and compensation -- The husband's fear : the lusty widow as wife -- A playwright's response : four Middletonian remarriage plots.
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| Abstract
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The courtship and remarriage of a rich widow was a popular motif in early modern comic theatre. Jennifer Panek brings together a variety of texts, from ballads and jest-books to sermons and court records, to examine the staple widow of comedy in her cultural context.
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Courtship in literature.
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English drama (Comedy)-- History and criticism.
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English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-- History and criticism.
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Widows in literature.
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Comédie anglaise-- 16e siècle-- Histoire et critique
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Mariage dans la littérature
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Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature
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Veuves dans la littérature
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Courtship in literature.
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DRAMA-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English drama (Comedy)
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English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan.
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Widows in literature.
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Wiederverheiratung
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Witwe
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Komödie.
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Engels.
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Hofmakerij.
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Toneelstukken.
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Weduwen.
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Englisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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822/.052309352654
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| LC Classification
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PR658.W53P36 2004eb
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| NLM classification
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18.05bcl
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