TY - BOOK AU - Espinosa,Ruben ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Masculinity and Marian efficacy in Shakespeare's England T2 - Women and gender in the early modern world AV - PR3011 .E87 2011eb U1 - 822.3/3 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Farnham, England, Burlington, Vt. PB - Ashgate KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Mary, KW - Religion in literature KW - Religion and literature KW - England KW - History KW - 16th century KW - 17th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction, fracturing Mary: the rise and decline of the cult of the Virgin Mary in England -- "England, Mary's dowry": Joan la Pucelle and the impotent fellowships and imagined communities of 1 Henry VI -- Marian intercession and intercessory promiscuity in the Merchant of Venice and Measure for measure -- Virgins, mothers, and the Virgin Mother in Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear -- Marian miracles and the theatrical wonder of Antony and Cleopatra, Pericles, and the Winter's tale -- Afterword; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10444466 ER -