The Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613–1680

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Private Lyrics in Elizabeth Cary’s Tragedy of Mariam....Pages 17-34
Mariam And Early Modern Discourses Of Martyrdom....Pages 35-52
Elizabeth Cary’s Historical Conscience: The Tragedy of Mariam and Thomas Lodge’s Josephus....Pages 53-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
“Royal Fever” and “The Giddy Commons”: Cary’s History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II and the Buckingham Phenomenon....Pages 71-88
“Fortune is a Stepmother”: Gender and Political Discourse in Elizabeth Cary’s History of Edward II....Pages 89-105
A Bibliographical Palimpsest: The Post-Publication History of the 1680 Octavo, The History of the Most Unfortunate Prince King Edward II....Pages 107-124
From Manuscript to Printed Text: Telling and Retelling the History of Edward II....Pages 125-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
“To Informe Thee Aright”: Translating Du Perron for English Religious Debates....Pages 147-163
Elizabeth Cary and the Great Tew Circle....Pages 165-182
“Reader, Stand Still and Look, lo Here I am”: Elizabeth Cary’s Funeral Elegy “On the Duke of Buckingham”....Pages 183-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
“A More Worthy Patronesse”: Elizabeth Cary and Ireland....Pages 203-221
“To Have Her Children With Her”: Elizabeth Cary and Familial Influence....Pages 223-241
Back Matter....Pages 243-258