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Review of The Tragedy of Mariam
Critical evaluation of Stephanie J. Wright's edition of Cary's play. Written by Carrie Hintz; published in Early Modern Literary Studies 3:2 (September 1997).

Background: The Tragedy of Mariam
Introduction to Cary's play and a list of discussion questions. From a course syllabus by instructor Elizabeth Burow-Flak of Valparaiso University.

Elizabeth Cary: Bibliography
Compiled by Professor Kathy Acheson, University of Waterloo.

Tragedy of Mariam, The
Excerpts from Cary's play. From a syllabus by instructor Jennifer Mooney of Virginia Tech.

Renaissance Drama: The Tragedy of Mariam
A student project that compares Cary's play to its source, Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews.

The Tragedy of Miriam
Downloadable full text with line numbers and margin notes.

Elizabeth Cary's Mariam and the Critique of Pure Reason
William M. Hamlin argues that "her play interrogates the facile distinction between reason and feeling that several of its characters, and especially the Chorus, routinely assume, and which contributes significantly to the protagonist's death."

Book Review
Marie-Louise Coolahan reviews Elizabeth Cary Lady Falkland: Life and Letters, by Heather Wolfe.






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