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Author
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Date published
2008
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2008.
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Subject
English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
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Accession number
83431462
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Class
95 history and criticism/ORA/LAM
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ISBN
9780754655381 (hbk.), 0754655385 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
xxv, 250 p. ; 23 cm.
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-238) and index. Formatted contents note: Fractious : teenage girls' tales in and out of Shakespeare / Diane Purkiss -- "I'll watch him tame, and talk him out of patience" : The curtain lecture and Shakespeare's Othello / LaRue Love Sloan -- Free and bound maids : women's work songs and industrial change in the age of Shakespeare / Fiona McNeill -- "Her very phrases" : exploiting the metaphysics of presence in Twelfth night / Eric Mason. UK-SuSCL Summary, etc: This volume explores the cultural meanings, especially the gendered meanings, of material associated with oral traditions. It is divided into three sections: 'Our mothers' maids', 'Spinsters, knitters and the uses of oral traditions' and 'Oral traditions and masculinity'.