Dissembling disability in early modern English drama. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lindsey Row-Heyveld.
• Authors: Row-Heyveld, Lindsey
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Dissembling Disability in Early Modern England.- 2. Act the Fool: Antonio's Revenge and the Conventions of the Counterfeit-Disability Tradition.- 3. Double Dissimulation: Counterfeit Disability in Bartholomew Fair.- 4. Feminized Disability and Disabled Femininity in Fair Em and The Pilgrim.- 5. Rules of Charity: Richard III and the Counterfeit-Disability Tradition.- 6. Mandated Masquerade: Disability, Metatheater, and Audience Complicity in The Fair Maid of the Exchange and What You Will.- 7. Conclusion: Early Modern Fantasies and Contemporary Realities.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 822.3093561; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; Disabilities in literature; People with disabilities in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319921358
• Related ISBNs: 9783319921341
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