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Author:

Ray, Sid, 1966-

Title:

Holy estates : marriage and monarchy in Shakespeare and his contemporaries / Sid Ray.

Publisher:

Associated University Presses,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

227 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Marriage in literature.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Contemporaries.
Marriage--Great Britain--History--Sources.
Monarchy--Great Britain--History--Sources.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Church and state in literature.
Monarchy in literature.
Figures of speech.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.

Contents:

"Those whom God hath joined together" : bondage metaphors and marital advice in early modern England -- "To have and to hold" : arranged marriage, rank, and bondage in Mary Wroth's Urania -- "Holy knots" : marriage and tyranny in The taming of the shrew and The maid's tragedy -- "Thy servant and thy handmaid" : mutilation and the politics of consent in Titus Andronicus and The Duchess of Malfi -- "Mutual society" : marital equity and gynecocracy in Othello and The tempest -- Conclusion : can this marriage be saved.

Series:

The Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture

ISBN:

9781575910819 (alk. paper)
1575910810 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004004874

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)