Overview

This work is a volume of plays and documents, demonstrating the wide range of theatrical activity in which women were involved during the Renaissance period. It includes full-length plays, a translated fragment by Elizabeth I, a masque, and a number of historical documents. Special features introduced include: introductory material to each play; modernized spellings; extensive notes and annotations; biographical essays on each playwright and a complete bibliography.

Full Product Details

9780415098069

Table of Contents

Reviews

This superbly conceived and executed volume is especially welcome. It contains not only texts by women but also a highly useful collection of documents about the role of Englishwomen in theater... Moreover, the editors have provided top-notch introductions and notes....This is a volume that belongs not only in all college libraries but also in the classroom. <br>- CHOICE, 12/96 <br>

'Renaissance Drama by Women will ... have an immediate and profound effect on the teaching of Renaissance drama. If ease of access, clarity of presentation, and interest of material are what is needed, the editors are likely to meet their goal of introducing Renaissance theatre by women into the canon of English drama .' - Shakespeare Quarterly 'This reasonably priced volume will make Renaissance women's writing generally available to students ... with its attractive presentation of texts and notes, [it] is ... to be welcomed for its recognition of a gap in Renaissance cultural history.' - Review of English Studies 'An affordable, attractively presented collection of texts ... will be seized on with delight...' - New Theatre Quarterly 'Few teachers of Renaissance literature will be able to resist the temptation to buy it ...' - Times Literary Supplement

'Renaissance Drama by Women will ... have an immediate and profound effect on the teaching of Renaissance drama. If ease of access, clarity of presentation, and interest of material are what is needed, the editors are likely to meet their goal of introducing ""Renaissance theatre by women into the canon of English drama"".' - Shakespeare Quarterly 'This reasonably priced volume will make Renaissance women's writing generally available to students ... with its attractive presentation of texts and notes, [it] is ... to be welcomed for its recognition of a gap in Renaissance cultural history.' - Review of English Studies 'An affordable, attractively presented collection of texts ... will be seized on with delight...' - New Theatre Quarterly 'Few teachers of Renaissance literature will be able to resist the temptation to buy it ...' - Times Literary Supplement

This superbly conceived and executed volume is especially welcome. It contains not only texts by women but also a highly useful collection of documents about the role of Englishwomen in theater... Moreover, the editors have provided top-notch introductions and notes....This is a volume that belongs not only in all college libraries but also in the classroom. - CHOICE, 12/96

Author Information

S.P. Cerasano, Marion Wynne-Davies

Tab Content 6

Countries Available