Shows how the character called Rosalind, who features in works by Spenser, Lodge, and Shakespeare, can be considered as a single and unifying character whose textual appearances lead us to reconsider important aspects of Renaissance literature: prosody, the influence of Virgil and of pastoral poetry, and the position of women.
Shows how the character called Rosalind, who features in works by Spenser, Lodge, and Shakespeare, can be considered as a single and unifying character whose textual appearances lead us to reconsider important aspects of Renaissance literature: prosody, the influence of Virgil and of pastoral poetry, and the position of women.
Paul J. Hecht was educated at Amherst College and Cornell University and has been Associate Professor of English at Purdue University Northwest since 2016, where he teaches literature and directs student productions of early modern drama. He is the author of several essays on early modern poetry and drama, and co-editor, with J. B. Lethbridge, of Spenser in the Moment (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015, reissued 2017).
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1: Introduction: What Rosalind Likes 2: Spenser's Rosalind: Flawed Poetry and Feminist Experiments 3: Lodge's Rosalind: Virtuous Lightness and Queer Mythography 4: Shakespeare's Rosalind: Homoeroticism, Tyranny, and Pastoral Concord 5: Mary Wroth, Dora Jordan, and Katharine Hepburn Bibliography
