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Oral traditions and gender in early modern literary texts / edited by Mary Ellen Lamb and Karen Bamford.

  • Accession number

    83431462

  • Class

    95 history and criticism/ORA/LAM

  • ISBN

    9780754655381 (hbk.), 0754655385 (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • 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'.