Jean E. Howard, Phyllis Rackin

Engendering a Nation (eBook, PDF)

A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include:

* King John
* Henry VI, Part I
* Henry VI, Part II
* Henry, Part III
* Richard III
* Richard II
* Henry V.

It will be a must for students and scholars interested in the cultural and social implications of Shakespeare today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134946167
• Artikelnr.: 42815775

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.