Constructions of Female Homoeroticism in Early Modern Drama / by D. Walen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walen, Denise A.

Series:

Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700, 2634-5900

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600.

European literature.

Theater--History.

Theater.

Sex.

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.

Theatre History.

Gender Studies.

Local Subjects:

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.

Theatre History.

Gender Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores representations of love and desire between female characters in nearly seventy plays written between 1580 and 1660. The work argues that playwrights of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England recognized and constructed richly diverse tropes of female homoerotic desire. Writers place female characters in erotic situations with other female characters in playful scenarios of mistaken identity, in anxious moments of amorous intrigue, in predatory situations and in enthusiastic, utopian representations of romantic love. These plays indicate an awareness of female homoeroticism in early modern England and belie statements that literary evidence of homosexuality was concerned primarily with men.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Eidolic Lesbian in Early Modern England; 2 Playfully Emergent Lesbian Erotics; 3 Anxiously Emergent Lesbian Erotics; 4 Predatory Lesbian Erotics; 5 Utopian Lesbian Erotics; Conclusion; Appendix: List of Plays; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-219) and index.

ISBN:

9786611364670

9781281364678

1281364673

9781403981066

140398106X

OCLC:

314828727