Jean E. Howard, Phyllis Rackin

Engendering a Nation

A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories

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Produktbeschreibung

Engendering a Nation adopts a feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include: King John, Richard III, and Henry V.

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Produktdetails

• Feminist Readings of Shakespeare
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780415047487
• ISBN-10: 041504748X
• Artikelnr.: 54547515

Autorenporträt

Jean E. Howard, Phyllis Rackin

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Making Gender Visible: A Re-Viewing of Shakespeare's History Plays
1. Thoroughly Modern Henry 2. The History Play in Shakespeare's Time 3.
Feminism, Women, and the Shakespearean History Play 4. The Theater as
Institution Notes. Part II: Weak Kings, Warrior Women, and the Assault on
Dynastic Authority: The First Tetralogy and King John 1. Henry VI, Part I
2. Henry VI, Part II 3. Henry VI, Part III 4. Richard III 5. King John.
Notes. Part III: Gender and Nation: Anticipations of Modernity in the
Second Tetralogy 1. Richard II 2. The Henry IV plays 3. Henry V Notes.
Bibilography. Index.