Shakespeare and women / Phyllis Rackin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rackin, Phyllis.

Series:

Oxford Shakespeare topics.

Oxford Shakespeare topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Women and literature.

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

Women in the theater--England--History--17th century.

Women in the theater.

Women in the theater--England--History--16th century.

Sex role in literature.

Women in literature.

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Relations with women.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shakespeare and Women challenges a number of current assumptions about Shakespeare and women, including the women in his family, the women who worked in the London theatre industry, the female characters in his plays, and the dark lady of the Sonnets. It argues that the current scholarly emphasis on patriarchal power, male misogyny, and women's oppression may tell us more about ourselves than about the world Shakespeare inhabited and the worlds he created in his. plays. - ;Shakespeare and Women situates Shakespeare's female characters in multiple historical contexts, ranging from the early mod

Contents:

A usable history

The place(s) of women in Shakespeare's world : historical fact and feminist interpretation

Our canon, ourselves

Boys will be girls

The lady's reeking breath

Shakespeare's timeless women.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-144) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-75829-5

9786610758296

0-19-151391-1

1-4237-6967-8

OCLC:

476259096