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Shakespeare and women

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
eBook, English, 2005
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005
Electronic books
1 online resource (168 pages)
9780191513916, 9780198186946, 9780198711988, 0191513911, 0198186940, 0198711980
68112639
Introduction ; 1. A Usable History ; 2. The Place(s) of Women in Shakespeare's World: Historical Fact and Feminist Interpretation ; 3. Our Canon, Ourselves ; 4. Boys will be Girls ; 5. The Lady's Reeking Breath ; 6. Shakespeare's Timeless Women ; Suggestions for Further Reading
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