Title Page to the The Spanish Tragedy (1615)

Cultural Contexts: Class Web Projects

• Elizabeth Carey, Tragedy of Mariam
  1. Elizabeth Carey's Source in The Tragedy of Mariam
• John Heywood, Fair Maid of the West
  1. Racial Tension in Fair Maid of the West
• Ben Jonson, Volpone
  1. Venice as Setting in Volpone
  2. Hermaphrodites in Volpone
  3. Crossdressing in Volpone
• Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
  1. Perverse Justice in Kyd's Spanish Tragedy
• Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
  1. Doctor Faustus as a Magician
• Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl
  1. Crossdressing in The Roaring Girl
• John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
  1. Female Rule in The Duchess of Malfi
  2. Lycanthropy in The Duchess of Malfi
  3. Werewolves and Lycanthropy in The Duchess of Malfi

These web sites were constructed by the members of Christy Desmet's English 434 and 634 (Renaissance Drama) classes in Spring 1997.

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