HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS IN EARLY MODERN DOMESTIC TRAGEDY

First edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original illustrated boards with titles in dark blue to the upper board and in white to the spine. Illustrated with two black and white illustrations. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the spine tips, the boards bright and fresh. The contents, with a small inscription from the author, are otherwise clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps.

Inscribed by Iman Sheeha in black ink on the front endpaper "Dear Richard, / Thank you for / everything. / Iman". The recipient is Dr. Richard Rowland, scholar of Renaissance literature and a former lecturer at the universities of Oxford and York. Author Iman Sheeha, Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature at Brunel University in London, looks at the institution of domestic service in its theatrical context, showing how our understanding of employer-servant relationships has been shaped by previous scholarship focusing predominantly on these dynamics within the aristocracy. They examine the consequences of disordered domesticity for the master-servant relationship, and offer a fresh perspective on the complexity and nuance involved in the experience of household service in domestic tragedy.