Twins in Early Modern English Drama and Shakespeare

ISBN-13: 9780367878559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 202 str.

Daisy Murray

Opis

This volume investigates the early modern understanding of twinship, discussing twins appearing in anatomy tracts, midwifery manuals, monstrous birth broadsides, chapbooks, and early modern drama. The book contextualizes dramatic representations of twinship, investigating contemporary discussions in medical and popular literature and how such di

Spis treści

CONTENTS

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Tragedies: The Duchess of Malfi and The Cruel Brother

Chapter Two: Tragicomedies: The Devil’s Law Case, The Twins and The Lovesick Court

Chapter Three: Comedies: Changes: or, Love in a Maze, Patient Grissil, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Ignoramus and Senile Odium

Chapter Four: Shakespearean Comedy: The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night

Conclusion

Bibliography

O autorze

Daisy Murray is Higher Education Programme Developer for the Royal Shakespeare Company.