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The Feminine Reclaimed : The Idea of Woman in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton / Stevie Davies.

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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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