Clandestine Marriage in Early Modern English Literature
E-Book, Englisch, 210 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-1-5017-5348-0
Verlag: Cornell University Press
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The ways in which authors grappled with the political and social complexities of clandestine marriage, Cleland finds, suggest that these narratives were far more than interesting plot devices or scandalous stories ripped from the headlines. Instead, after the Reformation, fictions of clandestine marriage allowed early modern authors to explore topics of identity formation in new and different ways.
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Introduction: Making a Clandestine Match in Early Modern English Literature
1. Reforming Clandestine Marriage in Spenser's Faerie Queene, Book I
2. "Wanton Loves and Young Desires": Marlowe's Hero and Leander and Chapman's Continuation
3. Sacred Ceremonies and Private Contracts in Spenser's Epithalamion and Shakespeare's A Lover's Complaint
4. "Lorenzo and His Infidel": Elopement and the Cross-Cultural Household in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
5. "Are You Fast Married?": Elopement and Turning Turk in Shakespeare's Othello
Conclusion: Incestuous Clandestine Marriage in John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore