Incest, drama, and nature's law, 1550-1700 /

Incest, drama, and nature's law, 1550-1700 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McCabe, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1954-
Imprint:	Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Description:	xiii, 361 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism Incest in literature Sex in literature English drama. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan. English drama -- Restoration. Incest in literature. Sex in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1513197

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ISBN:	0521431735 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-352) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Abbreviations
Part I. Issues
1. Mythical archetypes
2. Law and licence
Part II. Plays
3. Classical models
4. Sixteenth-century tragedy
5. Incest averted, the comic perspective
6. Shakespeare
7. Beaumont and Fletcher
8. Tragedy and atheism
9. Tragedy and melancholia
10. Dryden
Epilogue