Marriage contracts from Chaucer to the Renaissance stage [electronic resource] / Kathryn Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Kathryn Elisabeth, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Views on marriage.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English literature.

Marriage in literature.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English--History and criticism.

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.

Marriage customs and rites in literature.

Prenuptial agreements in literature.

Adultery in literature.

Widows in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

''A fine historic exploration of why marriage treatments in literary texts are transformed between the 14th and 16th centuries. . . . This volume has the power and evidence--both historic and textual--to revamp our understanding of crucial texts. .

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface vii; Prologue: Marriage Contracts through the Centuries 1; Part I. Chaucer; 1. Rewriting the Marriage Contract: Adultery in the Canterbury Tales 15; 2. Marriage Ceremonies and Property in the Canterbury Tales 28; 3. Extramarital Contracts in the Canterbury Tales 47; 4. The Legacy of the Marriage Contract: Chaucer's Widows 70; Entr'acte: When the Law Changed 93; Part II. Religious and Renaissance Drama; 5. Under Stress: The Marriage Contracts of the Mystery Cycles, and the Trailing Spouse 101; 6. Unlawful Unions on the Renaissance Stage 115

7. Remarrying Widows on the Renaissance Stage 133Epilogue 156; Notes 159; Bibliography 169; Index 175

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-174) and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-3105-2

OCLC:

476046148