Goddesses, mages, and wise women
Subtitle: the female pastoral guide in the sixteenth and seventeenth century English drama
By: Sharon Rose Yang
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Selinsgrove, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781575911564
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The early guide as "the light in the sky"; title: Mages and sages versus the witch; title: Queens and goddesses: Endymion, Midsummer night's dream, and Love's victory; title: The pastoral guide: the mage and female scholar; title: The faithful shepherdess: handmaiden of the great god Pan; title: Subversive wise woman: the doctor she of All's well that ends well; title: "Curing by counsel": Rosalind of As you like it; title: "And afterwards".