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Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet
drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. First published in 1613, it was
the first work by a woman to be published under her real name.
Never performed during Cary's lifetime, and apparently never
intended for performance, the Senecan revenge tragedy tells the
story of Mariam, the second wife of Herod. The play exposes and
explores the themes of sex, divorce, betrayal, murder, and Jewish
society under Herod's tyrannous rule. The comprehensive,
illustrated introduction discusses the play in the context of
closet drama, female dramatists and in terms of the religious
issues it explores, seeing Mariam as a martyr figure. The on-page
commentary notes provide further close analysis and explanation,
creating an ideal edition for study and teaching.
The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet
drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. First published in 1613, it was
the first work by a woman to be published under her real name.
Never performed during Cary's lifetime, and apparently never
intended for performance, the Senecan revenge tragedy tells the
story of Mariam, the second wife of Herod. The play exposes and
explores the themes of sex, divorce, betrayal, murder, and Jewish
society under Herod's tyrannous rule. The wide-ranging introduction
discusses the play in the context of closet drama, female
dramatists and feminist criticism, providing an ideal edition for
study and teaching. This is a major edition of an unusual and
provocative play not widely available elsewhere.
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The Tragedy of Mariam
Elizabeth Cary, A. C. 1878- Dunstan
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"The Tragedy of Mariam" (1613) is the first original play by a
woman to be published in England, and its author is the first
English woman writer to be memorialized in a biography, which is
included with this edition of the play.
"Mariam" is a distinctive example of Renaissance drama that serves
the desire of today's readers and scholars to know not merely how
women were represented in the early modern period but also how they
themselves perceived their own condition.
With this textually emended and fully annotated edition, the play
will now be accessible to all readers. The accompanying biography
of Cary further enriches our knowledge of both domestic and
religious conflicts in the seventeenth century.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1913 Edition.
Louis Agassiz was one of the fathers of Earth sciences in his
lifetime, his second wife collected the correspondence he shared
with some of the foremost thinkers of his day, here is the first
volume of this fascinating collection.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet
drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. First published in 1613, it was
the first work by a woman to be published under her real name.
Never performed during Cary's lifetime, and apparently never
intended for performance, the Senecan revenge tragedy tells the
story of Mariam, the second wife of Herod. The play exposes and
explores the themes of sex, divorce, betrayal, murder, and Jewish
society under Herod's tyrannous rule. The comprehensive,
illustrated introduction discusses the play in the context of
closet drama, female dramatists and in terms of the religious
issues it explores, seeing Mariam as a martyr figure. The on-page
commentary notes provide further close analysis and explanation,
creating an ideal edition for study and teaching.
Dama gazelles, the largest of the gazelles, were once a common
sight in Northern Africa, with a habitat ranging from the Atlantic
Ocean east almost to the Nile River. Today, these animals are
critically endangered as their populations have dropped
precipitously due to the effects of expanding agrarian practices,
overhunting, violent human conflict, and climate change on their
native habitats. Though they are perilously close to extinction in
the wild, Texas ranches maintain over a thousand dama gazelles-more
than the number currently in zoos and in the wild combined. The
habitat on some of these ranches resembles their natural range
along the Sahara Desert of Northern Africa, making them suitable
living spaces for damas. In The Dama Gazelles, Elizabeth Cary
Mungall brings together experts from around the world and offers a
comprehensive reference book on these animals, including
information on natural history and taxonomy; physical and
behavioral traits; dama gazelles held in zoos and collections,
parks and preserves, and on Texas ranches; and efforts to
reintroduce populations into the wild. There is also a rare,
firsthand account from Frans M. van den Brink, an animal dealer
from the Netherlands, who in the 1960s successfully captured 35
dama gazelles in Northern Africa and transported them to zoos in
the United States and Europe, losing only two animals in the
harrowing process. Those 33 dama gazelles were the "founders" of
all the dama gazelles in captivity today. Detailed appendixes and a
glossary round out the volume with additional information to help
researchers, zookeepers, and landowners better understand and
conserve dama gazelles.
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