Physical Description
x, 180 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction : Elizabeth and the Jewish woman on stage
The emerging female monarch in The Godly Queene Hester
Maternal authority in The historie of Jacob and Esau
The reader as voyeur : Thomas Garter's The virtuous and Godly Susanna and George Peele's The love of King David and fair Bethsabe
Reading the sacrificed daughter in George Buchanan's Jephthes sive votum tragoedia
"I'll sacrifice her on a pile of wood" : Abigail's roles in The Jew of Malta
Her "flesh and blood"? : Jessica's mother in The merchant of Venice
Epilogue : Jewish women, women writers, and Elizabeth's legacy.
ISBN
9780754658153
0754658155 (alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-172) and index.
Introduction : Elizabeth and the Jewish woman on stage -- The emerging female monarch in The Godly Queene Hester -- Maternal authority in The historie of Jacob and Esau -- The reader as voyeur : Thomas Garter's The virtuous and Godly Susanna and George Peele's The love of King David and fair Bethsabe -- Reading the sacrificed daughter in George Buchanan's Jephthes sive votum tragoedia -- "I'll sacrifice her on a pile of wood" : Abigail's roles in The Jew of Malta -- Her "flesh and blood"? : Jessica's mother in The merchant of Venice -- Epilogue : Jewish women, women writers, and Elizabeth's legacy.
