UID:
edocfu_9959238417902883
Format:
1 online resource (191 p.)
ISBN:
0-8130-3105-2
Content:
''A fine historic exploration of why marriage treatments in literary texts are transformed between the 14th and 16th centuries. . . . This volume has the power and evidence--both historic and textual--to revamp our understanding of crucial texts. .
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents; Preface vii; Prologue: Marriage Contracts through the Centuries 1; Part I. Chaucer; 1. Rewriting the Marriage Contract: Adultery in the Canterbury Tales 15; 2. Marriage Ceremonies and Property in the Canterbury Tales 28; 3. Extramarital Contracts in the Canterbury Tales 47; 4. The Legacy of the Marriage Contract: Chaucer's Widows 70; Entr'acte: When the Law Changed 93; Part II. Religious and Renaissance Drama; 5. Under Stress: The Marriage Contracts of the Mystery Cycles, and the Trailing Spouse 101; 6. Unlawful Unions on the Renaissance Stage 115
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7. Remarrying Widows on the Renaissance Stage 133Epilogue 156; Notes 159; Bibliography 169; Index 175
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8130-2102-2
Language:
English
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