Balizet, Ariane M.

Blood and home in early modern drama domestic identity on the Renaissance stage / [electronic resource] : Ariane M. Balizet. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - 1 online resource (xii, 197 p.) - Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 25 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The bleeding bride : consummation and the "Fight of love" in As you like it, Othello, Cymbeline, and A midsummer night's dream -- 2. The bleeding husband : cuckoldry and murder in Arden of Faversham and A warning for fair women -- 3. The bleeding child : sons and daughters in The Spanish tragedy, Henry VI, and Titus Andronicus -- 4. The bleeding patient : honor and bloodline in The Duchess of Malfi, The maid's tragedy, and El medico de su honra -- Afterword.

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Blood in literature.
Domestic drama, English--History and criticism.
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Families in literature.