Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent volume, providing a scholarly, thoroughly annotated edition of three fascinating manuscript plays by early modern women writers: Mary Wroth’s
Loves Victorie (based on the Huntington manuscript), edited by Marta Straznicky, and Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley’s
A Pastorall and
The concealed Fansyes, edited by Sara Mueller. All three plays have begun to attract considerable scholarly interest, but readers who are new to them will be struck by how lively and indeed performable they are. Based on sound texts and detailed introductions, this volume will ensure that these plays will receive the ongoing attention they deserve.
—Paul Salzman,
Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University; Professorial Fellow, University of Newcastle (Australia)"This is an excellent volume, providing a scholarly, thoroughly annotated edition of three fascinating manuscript plays by early modern women writers: Mary Wroth’s Loves Victorie (based on the Huntington manuscript), edited by Marta Straznicky, and Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley’s A Pastorall and The concealed Fansyes, edited by Sara Mueller. All three plays have begun to attract considerable scholarly interest, but readers who are new to them will be struck by how lively and indeed performable they are. Based on sound texts and detailed introductions, this volume will ensure that these plays will receive the ongoing attention they deserve." -- Paul Salzman, University of Newcastle (Australia)
Table of ContentsIllustrations xiii
Acknowledgments xv
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Marta Straznicky and Sara Mueller 1
PART I: MARY WROTH (1587?–1651)
Edited by Marta Straznicky 15
Introduction 17
Loves Victorie 47
Textual Notes for Loves Victorie 113
PART II: JANE CAVENDISH (1621–1669) and ELIZABETH BRACKLEY (1626–1663)
Edited by Sara Mueller 139
Introduction 141
A Pastorall 177
Textual Notes for A Pastorall 197
The concealed Fansyes 199
Bibliography 255
Index 269
