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The Feminine Reclaimed : The Idea of Woman in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton / Stevie Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Stevie.
- Standardized Title:
- Idea of woman in Renaissance literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renaissance--England.
- Renaissance.
- Women in literature.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Milton, John, 1608-1674--Characters--Women.
- Milton, John.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Women.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Characters--Women.
- Spenser, Edmund.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Feminine Reclaimed breaks new ground in the field of Renaissance scholarship. Stevie Davies considers the feminine principle as it was developed through the humanist and Neoplatonic revival of ancient classical learning and from this perspective approaches the major works of the three great literary figures of the English Renaissance -- Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton.Through close, perceptive readings of their most crucial works, informed by a familiarity with the whole range of their context in the European literature and thought of their time, Stevie Davies is able to demonstrate the
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Note on Texts and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Spenser; The Four Graces; Britomart to Florimell; Diana and Venus; Art and Amoret; 3. Shakespeare; Hamnet and Judith; Isis and Ceres; Marina and Eleusis; The Temple of Demeter Hermion; Woman as Magus; 4. Milton; Deborah; The Muse and the Maenads; Mother Earth; Ceres and Proserpina; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Previously published as: The idea of woman in Renaissance literature. 1985.
- Bibliography: p. 262-265.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813158969
- 0813158966
- OCLC:
- 900344822
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