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Author:
Buccola, Regina, 1969-
Title:
Fairies, fractious women, and the old faith : fairy lore in early modern British drama and culture / Regina Buccola.
Publisher:
Susquehanna University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
293 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
Fairies in literature
Women and literature--England--History--16th century.
Women and literature--England--History--17th century.
English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
Fairy plays--History and criticism.
Mythology, Celtic, in literature
Women healers in literature
Witchcraft in literature
Catholics in literature
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-282) and index.
Contents:
"The story shall be changed" : the fairy feminism of A midsummer night's dream -- "Ferry honest knaueries" in The merry wives of Windsor -- The fairy quean : Fairyland meets the fifth monarchy in Ben Jonson's The alchemist -- "Change you, madam" : social role transgressions and gender transformations in Cymbeline -- The fairy defense.
Series:
Apple-Zimmerman series in early modern culture
ISBN:
9781575911038
1575911035 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)62134628
LCCN:
2005029434
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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