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  1. Chastity in early Stuart literature and culture
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

  2. Chastity in early Stuart literature and culture
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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  3. Chastity in early Stuart literature and culture
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge

    Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Unchastity in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Caroline court performance and theological dispute; 2. Chastity, medical controversy and the theatre of John Ford; 3. Chastity, William Harvey's... more

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    Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Unchastity in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Caroline court performance and theological dispute; 2. Chastity, medical controversy and the theatre of John Ford; 3. Chastity, William Harvey's demonstrations and court ceremony; 4. Marian chastity: Caroline masques and Henrietta Maria's chaste births; 5. Protestant chastity: the language of resistance in Milton's 'A Maske' and A Maske; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index "In this book, Bonnie Lander Johnson explores early modern ideas of chastity, demonstrating how crucial early Stuart thinking on chastity was to political, medical, theological and moral debates, and that it was also a virtue that governed the construction of different literary genres. Drawing on a range of materials, from prose to theatre, theological controversy to legal trials, and court ceremonies - including royal birthing rituals - Lander Johnson unearths previously unrecognised opinions about chastity. She reveals that early Stuart theatrical and court ceremonies were part of the same political debate as prose pamphlets and religious sermons. The volume also offers new readings of Milton's Comus, Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Henrietta Maria's queenship and John Ford's plays. It will appeal to scholars of early modern literature, theatre, political, medical and cultural history, and gender studies"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781107130128; 1107130123; 9781107570573; 1107570573
    Other identifier:
    9781107130128
    RVK Categories: HI 1151
    Subjects: English literature; Chastity in literature; Sex in literature; Literature and society; Literature and society; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
    Scope: VIII, 194 S., Ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index