Shakespeare and feminist theory / Marianne Novy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novy, Marianne, 1945- author.

Series:

Arden Shakespeare and theory.

Arden Shakespeare and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

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

Feminism and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages).

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

Summary:

Are Shakespeare's plays dramatizations of patriarchy or representations of assertive and eloquent women? Or are they sometimes both? And is it relevant, and if so how, that his women were first played by boys? This book shows how many kinds of feminist theory help analyze the dynamics of Shakespeare's plays. Both feminist theory and the plays deal with issues such as likeness and difference between the sexes, the complexity of relationships between women, the liberating possibilities of desire, what marriage means and how much women can remake it, how women can use and expand their culture's ideas of motherhood and of women's work, and how women can have power through language. This lively exploration of these and related issues is an ideal introduction to the field of feminist readings of Shakespeare.

Contents:

Introduction

Likeness and difference

Desire

Marriage

Motherhood

Language

Between women

Work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-193) and index.

ISBN:

9781472567109

1472567102

9781472567086

1472567080

9781472567093

1472567099

OCLC:

1201426251