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9780520079694

The Tragedy of Mariam the Fair Queen of Jewry

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520079694

  • ISBN10:

    0520079698

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-01-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

The Tragedy of Mariam (1613) is the first original play by a woman to be published in England, and its author is the first English woman writer to be memorialized in a biography, which is included with this edition of the play. Mariam is a distinctive example of Renaissance drama that serves the desire of today's readers and scholars to know not merely how women were represented in the early modern period but also how they themselves perceived their own condition. With this textually emended and fully annotated edition, the play will now be accessible to all readers. The accompanying biography of Cary further enriches our knowledge of both domestic and religious conflicts in the seventeenth century.

Table of Contents

PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION 1(62)
ELIZABETH CARY'S LIFE AND WORKS 3(14)
SUBTEXTS AND CONTENTS FOR MARIAM 17(18)
Josephus and Jewish Materials 17(3)
Biblical and Historical Herods 20(2)
Mystery Play Herods 22(1)
Continental and Classicizing Dramas about Herod and Mariam 23(3)
English "Closet" Dramas 26(4)
The "Social Text" of Henry VIII's Divorce 30(5)
CARY'S MARIAM 35(6)
The Chorus and Conventional Wisdom 35(3)
Structure and Characterization 38(3)
MARIAM AND SHAKESPEARE 41(2)
THE TEXTS OF MARIAM AND THE LIFE 43(5)
The 1613 Quarto of Mariam 43(4)
The Manuscript of The Lady of Falkland: Her Life 47(1)
EDITORIAL PROCEDURES 48(3)
NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION 51(12)
PART ONE THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM 63(116)
Historical Background to the Events in the Play
63(2)
The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry
65(86)
Elizabeth Cary
Notes to the Play
151(28)
PART TWO THE LADY FALKLAND 179(98)
Chronology of Elizabeth Cary's Life and Works
179(4)
The Lady Falkland: Her Life, by One of Her Daughters
183(94)
APPENDIX A PASSAGES FROM LODGE'S TRANSLATION OF JOSEPHUS (1602) 277(6)
APPENDIX B TEXTUAL COLLATION FOR MARIAM 283(34)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 317

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