Courtships, Marriage Customs, and Shakespeare's Comedies - Hardcover

by L. Giese (Author)

Loreen L. Giese's study of over 5000 important folios of court depositions contemporary with Shakespeare's plays demonstrates the complex ways those plays participate in and comment upon their culture, rather than stand apart from it. Both the court records and the plays present women as agents who are capable of challenging their traditional roles.

Author Biography

LOREEN L. GIESE is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University, USA.