Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry - With 'The Lady of Falkland: Her Life,' By One of Her Daughters

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List of contents

PREFACE I 
INTRODUCTION I 
ELIZABETH CARY's LIFE AND woRKs 
SUBTEXTS AND CONTENTS FOR MARIAM 
Josephus and Jewish Materials 
Biblical and Historical Herods 
Mystery Play Herods 
Continental and Classicizing Dramas about Herod and Mariam
English "Closet" Dramas 
The "Social Text" of Henry VIII's Divorce 
CARY's MARIAM 
The Chorus and Conventional Wisdom 
Structure and Characterization 
MARIAM AND SHAKESPEARE 
THE TEXTS OF MARIAM AND THE LIFE 
The r6q Quarto of Mariam
The Manuscript of The Lady if Falkland: Her Life 
EDITORIAL PROCEDURES 
NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM
Historical Background to the Events in the Play 
The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry, by Elizabeth Cary 
Notes to the Play 
PART TWO
THE LADY FALKLAND
Chronology of Elizabeth Cary's Life and Works 
The Lady Falkland: Her Life, by One of Her Daughters 
APPENDIX A
PASSAGES FROM LoDGE's TRANSLATION OF JosEPHUS (1602)
APPENDIX B
TEXTUAL COLLATION FOR MARIAM 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

About the author

Barry Weller is Professor of English at the University of Utah and editor of the dramas in The Complete Poetical Works of Byron. Margaret W. Ferguson is Professor of English at the University of Colorado and author of Trials of Desire: Renaissance Defenses of Poetry (1983).

Summary

A transcript of the first original play by a woman to be published in England. Included with the play is a biography, also written in the 1600s, by one of the playwright's daughters, which enriches contemporary knowledge of both domestic and religious conflict in the 17th century.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Cary, Cary Elizabeth, Cary/Weller
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Cary (Editor), Margaret W. Ferguson (Editor), Ferguson Margaret W. (Editor), Barry Weller (Editor), Weller Barry (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.1994
• EAN: 9780520079694
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07969-4
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; England, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, English, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights