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A widow printer makes Dido

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This article explores the career of printer Joan Orwin and in particular on a playbook she was hired to print: Christopher Marlowe's Dido, Queene of Carthage (1594). Drawing on archival records of female stationers in the period, the article demonstrates that Joan Orwin was unique in her employment of her brand ‘the Widow Orwin’. The play is a rich case study, not only because the multifarious significations of widowhood and loss in early modern culture seem to consolidate in and on the playbook Orwin printed, but because Dido engages in gender dynamics created by powerful widows who populate the play.

Source: Cahiers Élisabéthains A Journal of English Renaissance Studies

DOI: 10.1177/01847678261427013

Author: Katie O’Hare

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,400

OpenAlex ID: W7137947571

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