Books written by Jo Eldridge Carney
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A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650
̄ Although Edmund had five sons, Grace is the first person mentioned in the will and is named one of his two executors. Sir Edmund clearly believed that his wife was trustworthy enough to adhere to his wishes after his own death, ...
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A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650
Some entries are very brief while others are extensive. Each includes a source listing. The book is well illustrated and liberally sprinkled with quotations of the time either by or about the women in the text.
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Women Talk Back to Shakespeare: Contemporary Adaptations and Appropriations
(135–137) In King Lear, the tragic outcomes, so rooted in entrenched political and patriarchal systems, seem ordained from the beginning, and the bleak future ... “The Autumn King: Remembering the Land in King Lear. ... Posthuman Lear.
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Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman
This interdisciplinary collection by historians, cultural critics and literary scholars examines a variety of the political, social, and cultural forces at work during the English Renaissance and beyond, forces that...
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Elizabeth I: Always Her Own Free Woman
... Young Bess , which is based on Margaret Irwin's novel of the same name ; both film and novel wildly distort the historical record . Starring Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger , Simmons ' real life husband , as the Lord ...