Cavendish and Shakespeare: Interconnections

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Katherine Romack, James Fitzmaurice
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - Literary Criticism - 217 pages
'Cavendish and Shakespeare, Interconnections' explores the relationship between the plays of William Shakespeare and the writings of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673). Cavendish wrote 25 plays in the 1650s and 60s, making her one of the most prolific playwrights - man or woman - of the seventeenth century. The essays contained in this volume fit together as studies of various sorts of influence, both literary and historical, setting Cavendish's appropriation of Shakespearean characters and plot structures within the context of the English Civil Wars and the Fronde. The essays trace Shakespeare's influence on Cavendish, explore the political implications of Cavendish's contribution to Shakespeare's reputation, and investigate the politics of influence more generally.

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Cavendish and Shakespeare Interconnections
1
Affiliation
7
Shakespeare Cavendish and Reading Aloud in SeventeenthCentury
29
A New Way to Serve Old Ingredients in The Religious
47
Shakespeare Cavendish and
63
Margaret Cavendish
85
Cavendish Shakespeare and French Women
147
The Unnatural Tragedy and Familial Absolutisms
179
Index
213
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