Fairies, Fractious Women, and the Old Faith: Fairy Lore in Early Modern British Drama and Culture (Apple-Zimmerman Series in Early Modern Culture)

Buccola (English, Roosevelt U., Chicago) seeks to recover early modern fairy lore, which from then until now has been too feminine to be of academic interest. She looks at the fairy feminism of A Midsummer Night's Dream, fairy honest knaveries in The Merry Wives of Windsor, fairyland meets the fifth monarchy in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist, social role transgressions and gender transformation in Cymbeline, and the fairy defense in witchcraft trials. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Fairies, Fractious Women, And The Old Faith Examines The Ways In Which The Fairy, Rebellious Woman, Quasi-catholic Trio Repeatedly Stages Resistance To Early Modern Conceptions Of Appropriate Class And Gender Conduct And State-mandated Religion In A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Cymbeline, All's Well That Ends Well And Ben Jonson's The Alchemist. The Introduction Provides An Overview Of Widespread Popular Beliefs With Respect To Fairies - Beliefs With Particular Relevance To The Lived Experience Of Women - And Illustrates Their Connection To The Doctrinal Battles Waged Over Religious Reform In This Period.--jacket. The Story Shall Be Changed : The Fairy Feminism Of A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Ferry Honest Knaueries In The Merry Wives Of Windsor -- The Fairy Quean : Fairyland Meets The Fifth Monarchy In Ben Jonson's The Alchemist -- Change You, Madam : Social Role Transgressions And Gender Transformations In Cymbeline -- The Fairy Defense. Regina Buccola. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257-282) And Index. Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction "The Story Shall Be Changed": The Fairy Feminism of A Midsummer Night’s Dream "Ferry Honest Knaueries" in The Merry Wives of Windsor The Fairy Quean: Fairyland Meets the Fifth Monarchy in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist "Change You, Madam": Social Role Transgressions and Gender Transformations in Cymbeline The Fairy Defense Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index "The story shall be changed" : the fairy feminism of A midsummer night's dream "Ferry honest knaueries" in The merry wives of Windsor The fairy queen : fairyland meets the fifth monarchy in Ben Jonson's The alchemist "Change you, madam" : social role transgressions and gender transformations in Cymbeline The fairy defense.