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The tragedy of Mariam, the fair queen of Jewry / Elizabeth Cary. With, The Lady Falkland : her life / by one of her daughters ; edited by Barry Weller and Margaret W. Ferguson.

By: Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 6-1639Contributor(s): Weller, Barry | Ferguson, Margaret W, 1948-Material type: TextTextReference number:ocm26809912Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1994. Description: xii, 328 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0520079671 (alk. paper); 0520079698 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Mariamne, consort of Herod I, King of Judea, ca. 57-ca. 29 B.C. -- Drama | Herod I, King of Judea, 73-4 B.C. -- Drama | Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 6-1639 -- Biography | Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography | Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century | Cary, Elizabeth, Viscountess Falkland | English dramaDDC classification: 822/.3 LOC classification: PR2499.F3 | T7 1993
Contents:
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 1613 Quarto of Mariam. The Manuscript of The Lady of Falkland: Her Life -- Pt. 1. The Tragedy of Mariam. Historical Background to the Events in the Play. The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry / Elizabeth Cary -- Pt. 2. 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328).

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 1613 Quarto of Mariam. The Manuscript of The Lady of Falkland: Her Life -- Pt. 1. The Tragedy of Mariam. Historical Background to the Events in the Play. The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry / Elizabeth Cary -- Pt. 2. 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.

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