Domestic Life and Domestic Tragedy in Early Modern England : The Material Life of the Household

This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence to assess the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households.

It explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged the attitudes towards households to shape their representations of domesticity, and discusses how the dynamics of the early modern house were represented on the stage.

It is essential reading for students of early modern drama concerned with its reception and staging, and for historians wanting to know more about the central significance of the household in early modern England.