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Wilson and Dutton examine the theories behind New Historicism and its celebrated impact in practice on Renaissance Drama

The contributions to this collection supplement and extend existing scholarship through focusing on two important lines of inquiry

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Over the Threshold Kelly Decker identifying a unique and importantOver the Thresholdis the first in depth work to explore the topic of intimate violence in the American colonies and the early Republic. The essays examine domestic violence in both urban and frontier environments, between husbands and wives, parents and children, and masters and slaves. This compelling collection puts commonly held notions about intimate violence under strict historical scrutiny, often producing surprising results.