Travel and Travail: Early Modern Women, English Drama, and the Wider World.

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  • Author(s): BICKS, CAROLINE
  • Source:
    Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England (Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation). 2020, Vol. 33, p309-314. 6p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Travel; English drama; Childbirth; Andrea, Bernadette
    • Subject Terms:
      British Isles
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses Travel and Travail: Early Modern Women, English Drama, and the Wider World, by Patricia Akhimie and Bernadette Andrea. Topics include reassess the nature of travel in the period, the experience of historical women travelers, and imaginative representations of women's travel to and from the British Isles and the travail part of the collection's title acknowledges the gendered challenges of travel, especially childbirth.