Widows and Suitors in Early Modern English Comedy Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Widows and Suitors in Early Modern English Comedy Book

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. She persuasively challenges the current critical tendency to see the stereotype of the lusty widow as a tactic to dissuade women from second marriages, arguing instead that it was deployed to enable her suitors to regain their masculinity, under threat from the dominant, wealthier widow.Read More

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  • 0521036623
  • 9780521036627
  • Jennifer Panek
  • 7 May 2007
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • 1
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