Shakespeare's Widows, Hardcover by Kehler, Dorothea, Like New Used, Free ship...

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Item Height: 0.7 in Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Author: Dorothea Kehler Book Title: Shakespeare's Widows Publication Year: 2009 Publication Name: Shakespeare's Widows Item Weight: 16.4 Oz height: 0.7 in Item Length: 8.3 in width: 5.7 in Item Width: 5.7 in Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Performing Arts Subject: Theater / History & Criticism, Shakespeare, Poetry, Modern / General ISBN: 9780230617032 Number of Pages: X, 246 Pages Type: Textbook Format: Hardcover Language: English

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Shakespeare's Widows, Hardcover by Kehler, Dorothea, Like New Used, Free ship.... Shakespeare's Widows, Hardcover by Kehler, Dorothea, ISBN 0230617034, ISBN-13 9780230617032, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Shakespeare s Widows moves thirty-one characters appearing in twenty plays to center stage. Through nuanced analyses, grounded in the widows material circumstances, Kehler uncovers the plays negotiations between the opposed poles of residual Catholic precept and Protestant practice - between celibacy and remarriage. Reading from a feminist materialist perspective, this book argues that Shakespeare s insights into the political and economic pressures the widows face allow them to elude mechanistic ideology. Kehler s book provides extensive historical background into the various religious and cultural attitudes towards widows in early modern England. Shakespeare's Widows, Hardcover by Kehler, Dorothea, ISBN 0230617034, ISBN-13 9780230617032, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Shakespeare s Widows moves thirty-one characters appearing in twenty plays to center stage. Through nuanced analyses, grounded in the widows material circumstances, Kehler uncovers the plays negotiations between the opposed poles of residual Catholic precept and Protestant practice - between celibacy and remarriage. Reading from a feminist materialist perspective, this book argues that Shakespeare s insights into the political and economic pressures the widows face allow them to elude mechanistic ideology. Kehler s book provides extensive historical background into the various religious and cultural attitudes towards widows in early modern England.