"Authoris'd by her grandam'" : old wives' tales and the female storyteller in early modern English drama

This thesis addresses the representation of old wives' tales and the female storyteller in early modern English literature, with a focus on particular works of drama between 1590-1615. Drawing upon the debased cultural status of female storytellers and their tales, the texts under discussion in...

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Main Author: Drury, Leslie
Published: University of Aberdeen 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606461