A feminist companion to Shakespeare.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Callaghan, Dympna, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Women.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.

Political and social views.

Feminism and literature--England--History--16th century.

Feminism and literature.

England.

History.

Feminism and literature--England--History--17th century.

Women and literature--England--History--16th century.

Women and literature.

Women and literature--England--History--17th century.

Sex role in literature.

Women in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 561 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition / edited by Dympna Callaghan.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016.

Summary:

The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare. This is the explicitly political approach taken by the contributors to A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare. In the new edition of this award-winning book, contributors come from across the feminist generations and from various stages in their careers to address what is new in the field in terms of historical and textual discovery, and especially in analyses of recent performances and appropriations of Shakespeare. Essays offer fresh insights into Shakespeare's plays and poems as well as the early modern world in which they were written. In addition, they acknowledge and confront the historical facts around dynamics of the gender hierarchy in early modern England, examining the restrictions imposed upon women as a group no matter what degree of latitude they were able to achieve in the exercise of personal or political agency. Throughout the volume, essays cover the history of feminist Shakespeare criticism, text and language, social economies, race and colonialism, performing sexuality, religion, character genre and history. The new edition also covers issues that bring it right up to the present day by exploring some of the newest theatrical and creative engagements with Shakespeare. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The History of Feminist Shakespeare Criticism 19

1 The Ladies' Shakespeare / Juliet Fleming Fleming, Juliet 21

2 Margaret Cavendish, Shakespeare Critic / Katherine M. Romack Romack, Katherine M. 39

3 Misogyny Is Everywhere / Phyllis Rackin Rackin, Phyllis 60

Part II Text and Language 75

4 Feminist Editing and the Body of the Text / Laurie E. Maguire Maguire, Laurie E. 77

5 "Made to write 'whore' upon?": Male and Female Use of the Word "Whore" in Shakespeare's Canon / Kay Stanton Stanton, Kay 98

6 "A word, sweet Lucrece": Confession, Feminism, and The Rape of Lucrece / Margo Hendricks Hendricks, Margo 121

Part III Social Economies 137

7 Gender, Class, and the Ideology of Comic Form: Much Ado about Nothing and Twelfth Night / Miboko Suzuki Suzuki, Miboko 139

8 Gendered "Gifts" in Shakespeare's Belmont: The Economies of Exchange in Early Modern England / Jyotsna G. Singh Singh, Jyotsna G. 162

Part IV Race and Colonialism 179

9 The Great Indian Vanishing Trick - Colonialism, Property, and the Family in A Midsummer Night's Dream / Ania Loomba Loomba, Ania 181

10 Black Ram, White Ewe: Shakespeare, Race, and Women / Joyce Green MacDonald MacDonald, Joyce Green 206

11 Sycorax in Algiers: Cultural Politics and Gynecology in Early Modern England / Rachana Sachdev Sachdev, Rachana 226

12 Black and White, and Dread All Over: The Shakespeare Theatre's "Photonegative" Othello and the Body of Desdemona / Denise Albanese Albanese, Denise 244

Part V Performing Sexuality 267

13 Women and Boys Playing Shakespeare / Juliet Dusinberre Dusinberre, Juliet 269

14 Mutant Scenes and "Minor" Conflicts in Richard II / Molly Smith Smith, Molly 281

15 Lovesickness, Gender, and Subjectivity: Twelfth Night and As You Like It / Carol Thomas Neely Neely, Carol Thomas 294

16 ...in the Lesbian Void: Woman-Woman Eroticism in Shakespeare's Plays / Theodora A. Jankowski Jankowski, Theodora A. 318

17 Duncan's Corpse / Susan Zimmerman Zimmerman, Susan 339

Part VI Religion 359

18 Others and Lovers in The Merchant of Venice / M. Lindsay Kaplan Kaplan, M. Lindsay 361

19 Between Idolatry and Astrology: Modes of Temporal Repetition in Romeo and Juliet / Philippa Berry Berry, Philippa 378

Part VII Character, Genre, History 393

20 Putting on the Destined Livery: Isabella, Cressida, and our Virgin/Whore Obsession / Anna Kamaralli Kamaralli, Anna 395

21 The Virginity Dialogue in All's Well That Ends Well: Feminism, Editing, and Adaptation / Rory Loughnane Loughnane, Rory 411

22 Competitive Mourning and Female Agency in Richard III / Mario DiGangi DiGangi, Mario 428

23 Bearing Death in The Winter's Tale / Amy K. Burnette Burnette, Amy K. 440

24 Monarchs Who Cry: The Gendered Politics of Weeping in the English History Play / Jean E. Howard Howard, Jean E. 457

25 Shakespeare's Women and the Crisis of Beauty / Farah Karim-Cooper Karim-Cooper, Farah 467

Part VIII Appropriating Women, Appropriating Shakespeare 481

26 Women and Land: Henry VIII / Lisa Hopkins Hopkins, Lisa 483

27 Desdemona: Toni Morrison's Response to Othello / Ayanna Thompson Thompson, Ayanna 494

28 Woman-Crafted Shakespeares: Appropriation, intermediality, and Womanist Aesthetics / Sujata Iyengar Iyengar, Sujata 507

29 A Thousand Voices: Performing Ariel / Amanda Eubanks Winkler Winkler, Amanda Eubanks 520.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Feminist companion to Shakespeare.

ISBN:

9781118501269

1118501268

OCLC:

932115947