Shakespeare on masculinity / Robin Headlam Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, Robin Headlam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Masculinity in literature.

Kings and rulers in literature.

Heroes in literature.

Men in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<i>Shakespeare on Masculinity</i> is an important and original study of the way Shakespeare's plays engage with a subject that provoked bitter public dispute. Robin Headlam Wells argues that Shakespeare took a skeptical view of the militant-Protestant cult of heroic masculinity. Following a series of brilliant portraits of the dangerously charismatic warrior-hero, Shakespeare turned at the end of his writing career to a different kind of leader. Plays receiving close readings include <i>The Tempest, Henry V, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth</i>, and <i>Coriolanus</i>.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""PERIODICALS""; ""SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS AND POEMS""; ""Introduction""; ""THE HEROIC IDEAL""; ""'COURAGE-MASCULINE'""; ""'ENGLISSHE CHEVALRIE' ""; ""ROMAN VIRTUE""; ""AN ORPHERUS FOR A HERCULES""; ""THE ETHIC OF HEROISM""; ""CHAPTER 1 The chivalric revival: 'Henry V' and 'Troilus and Cressida'""; ""THE CHIVALRIC REVIVAL""; ""HOLY WARRIOR""; ""THE DANGERS OF IDEALISM""; ""THE COLLAPSE OF CHIVALRY""; ""MANHOOD AND HONOUR""; ""CHAPTER 2 'Tender and delicate prince': 'Hamlet'""

""WELCOMING THE IRREDENTIST""""CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS""; ""VIKING HONOR""; ""'THE TEFLON FACTOR'""; ""CHAPTER 3 'O these men, these men': Othello""; ""HERCULEAN HERO""; ""NOBLE SAVAGE?""; ""METAMORPHOSIS""; ""ALL IN HONOUR""; ""OTHELLO'S OCCUPATION""; ""CHAPTER 4 'Arms and the Man': Macbeth""; ""BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS""; ""'MACBETH', KING JAMES, AND THE BRITISH MYTH""; ""AUGUSTUS REDIVIVUS""; ""VIRGIL'S AMBIVALENCE""; ""'MACBETH' AS ROYAL COMPLIMENT""; ""SHAKESPEAREAN DIALECTIC""; ""CHAPTER 5 'Flower of warriors': Coriolanus""; ""THE POLITICS OF VIRTUE""; ""'LIKE MARS IN ARMOR CLAD'""

""REPUBLICAN ROME""""FLOWER OF WARRIORS""; ""THE BODY POLITIC""; ""WAR AND CHIVALRY""; ""CHAPTER 6 'Rarer action': The Tempest""; ""HERCULES AND ORPHEUS: THE QUEST FOR PEACE""; ""'THE TEMPEST' AND COLONIALISM""; ""ORPHEUS REDIVIVUS""; ""DYNASTIC MARRIAGE""; ""THE PRIMITIVIST MYTH""; ""THE FINAL END OF POESY""; ""Afterword: historicism and 'presentism'""; ""Select bibliography""; ""PRIMARY SOURCES""; ""SELECTED SECONDARY SOURCES""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-242) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-511-04888-2

0-511-15107-1

0-511-00957-7

OCLC:

614536458