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  1. The rhetoric of courtship in Elizabethan language and literature
    Published: 1992
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    In the sixteenth century the modern meaning of courtship - 'wooing someone' - developed from an older sense - 'being at court'. The Rhetoric of Courtship takes this semantic shift as the starting point for an incisive account of the practice and... more

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    In the sixteenth century the modern meaning of courtship - 'wooing someone' - developed from an older sense - 'being at court'. The Rhetoric of Courtship takes this semantic shift as the starting point for an incisive account of the practice and meanings of courtship at the court of Elizabeth I, where 'being at court' pre-eminently came to mean the same as 'wooing' the Queen. Exploring the wider context of social anthropology, philology, cultural and literary history, Catherine Bates presents courtship as a judicious, sensitive and rhetorically conscious understanding of public and private relations. Gascoigne, Lyly, Sidney, Leicester, Essex, and Spenser are shown to reflect in the fictional courtships of their poetry and prose the vulnerabilities of court life that were created by the system of patronage. The Rhetoric of Courtship thus makes an important contribution to Renaissance cultural history, using the court of Elizabeth I as a test case for representations of the courtier's role and power in the literature of the period

     

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  2. Widows and suitors in early modern English comedy
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    The courtship and remarriage of a rich widow was a popular motif in early modern comic theatre. Jennifer Panek brings together a wide variety of texts, from ballads and jest-books to sermons and court records, to examine the staple widow of comedy in... more

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    The courtship and remarriage of a rich widow was a popular motif in early modern comic theatre. Jennifer Panek brings together a wide variety of texts, from ballads and jest-books to sermons and court records, to examine the staple widow of comedy in her cultural context and to examine early modern attitudes to remarriage. She persuasively challenges the critical tendency to see the stereotype of the lusty widow as a tactic to dissuade women from second marriages, arguing instead that it was deployed to enable her suitors to regain their masculinity, under threat from the dominant, wealthier widow. The theatre, as demonstrated by Middleton, Dekker, Beaumont and Fletcher and others, was the prime purveyor of a fantasy in which a young man's sexual mastery of a widow allowed him to seize the economic opportunity she offered The widow's choice : female remarriage in early modern England -- The widow's threat : domestic government and male anxiety -- The suitor's fantasy : courtship and compensation -- The husband's fear : the lusty widow as wife -- A playwright's response : four Middletonian remarriage plots

     

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    Subjects: English drama (Comedy); Courtship in literature; Widows in literature; English drama; English drama ; Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 ; History and criticism; Widows in literature; English drama (Comedy) ; History and criticism; Courtship in literature
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  3. Making a Match
    Courtship in Shakespeare and His Society
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton

    Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in... more

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    Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in the action, but no play escapes a connection of some kind. Instead of taking a fixed position on an institution intended to stabilize the commonwealth, Shakespeare constantly shifts position, in a kaleidoscope of caricature, criticism, acceptance, subversion, or indifference. For general readers and specialists alike, this work supplies a rich un

     

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    ISBN: 9781400861750
    Series: Princeton Legacy Library
    Subjects: Shakespeare, William ; 1564-1616 ; Knowledge ; Social life and customs; Courtship ; England ; History ; 16th century; Courtship in literature; Electronic books
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    Cover; Contents; Appendixes Age at First Marriage

  4. Making a Match
    Courtship in Shakespeare and His Society
    Published: 1991; ©1991
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.

    Main description: Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a... more

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    Main description: Making a Match examines the various options posed at every stage of English wooing, together with the presentation of these protocols in the plays of Shakespeare. Across the canon, wooing may command either a casual reference or a central position in the action, but no play escapes a connection of some kind. Instead of taking a fixed position on an institution intended to stabilize the commonwealth, Shakespeare constantly shifts position, in a kaleidoscope of caricature, criticism, acceptance, subversion, or indifference. For general readers and specialists alike, this work supplies a rich understanding of the codes so familiar to the playwright and his audience--an understanding essential for an appreciation of the subtleties of his art. Delving into primary sources, social history, demography, and literary criticism, the author offers the widest possible range of both Renaissance and modern views on the most crucial experience of Elizabethan culture. Besides correcting or illuminating the interpretations of Shakespeareans, this book offers valuable material for any area of research on the English Renaissance that touches on courtship.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

     

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    Subjects: Courtship in literature; Courtship; Courtship; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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    FrontmatterContentsAcknowledgmentsCHAPTER I. Once upon a TimeCHAPTER II. The Age of MarriageabilityCHAPTER III. The Social Status of Prospective PartnersCHAPTER IV. Parental Authority and Personal AffectionCHAPTER V. Agents and Go-BetweensCHAPTER VI. Dowries and JointuresCHAPTER VII. Formal Proposals, Public Contracts, and Proper WeddingsCHAPTER VIII. Secret Promises and Elopements, Broken Contracts and DivorcesCHAPTER IX. Courtship and PoliticsCHAPTER X. Happily Ever After?AppendixesIndex.

  5. King Rother and his bride
    quest and counter-quests
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Boydell & Brewer, Suffolk ; Camden House, Rochester

    'King Rother,' a twelfth-century bridal-quest epic, occupies an important place in the history of German literature. The earliest surviving and structurally most sophisticated of the so-called minstrel epics, verse narratives once assumed to have... more

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    'King Rother,' a twelfth-century bridal-quest epic, occupies an important place in the history of German literature. The earliest surviving and structurally most sophisticated of the so-called minstrel epics, verse narratives once assumed to have been recited by itinerant minstrels before a courtly audience, it has its roots in German folklore and documents the transition from orality to the culture of the book. The text belongs to the subgenre of the perilous bridal quest, in which the disguised wooer deceives the bride's father and abducts her with her consent. This simple quest structure is doubled, if the wooer must win his bride a second time from her father, who has rescued her. The bride is almost always a passive figure in these events, the main conflict being the disparity in status between the wooer and his prospective father-in-law. 'King Rother' is structurally complex, as the present study is the first to recognize: the quest structure is doubled not only in the wooer's second quest, but also in the bride's own actions - including her use of deception in a parallel quest for her wooer. This underscores her equality in status, which is her essential qualification to be his wife. The study includes an important English-language summary of scholarship on 'King Rother,' on the minstrel epics, and on the bridal quest. Thomas Kerth is Associate Professor of German at Stony Brook University Minstrels and bridal quests -- Sources and history -- Rother -- Constantin and his queen -- Rother's quest -- The active bride -- Merging quests -- Counter-quest -- Doubled quest -- Reconciliation and consent -- Eternal quest -- Conclusion

     

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    Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
    Subjects: Courtship in literature; Kings and rulers in literature; Epic poetry, German; König Rother; König Rother ; Characters ; Women; Courtship in literature; Kings and rulers in literature; Epic poetry, German ; History and criticism
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