Separation scenes : domestic drama in early modern England /
Ann C. Christensen.
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
- Early modern cultural studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: absent husbands and unpartnered wives in early modern England -- Housekeeping and forlorn travel in Arden of Faversham -- The doorstep and the exchange in A warning for fair women -- One man's calling in A woman killed with kindness -- Women, work, and windows in Women beware women -- The East India Company and the domestic economy in The launching of the Mary, or The seaman's honest wife -- Epilogue: John and Anne Donne and the culture of business.
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Domestic drama, English--History and criticism. English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 Domestic relations in literature. Spouses in literature. Businessmen in literature. Travel in literature.