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The loves of Shakespeare's women / Susannah York.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2991 .Y67 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- York, Susannah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Women.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Women in literature.
- Love in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Nick Hern Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- Here are the famous speeches from Juliet-"Come, night! Come, Romeo!"-and from Portia-"The quality of mercy..."-but also less familiar ones from Viola, Hermia, Isabella and Cressida. These younger characters make up the first half of the book, while the second half is devoted to maturer women like Lady Macbeth-"How tender b?~tis to love the babe that milks me"-Gertrude, Mistress Quickly, Cleopatra and Queen Katherine.
- Notes:
- Commentary on and excerpts from Shakespeare's female characters.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 185459639X
- OCLC:
- 49737880
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