Alison Findlay

Women in Shakespeare (eBook, ePUB)

A Dictionary

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive reference guide examining the language employed by Shakespeare to represent women in the full range of his poetry and plays. Including over 350 entries, Alison Findlay shows the role of women within Shakespearean drama, their representations on the Shakespearean stage, and their place in Shakespeare's personal and professional lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472557513
• Artikelnr.: 40378201

Autorenporträt

Alison Findlay is Professor of Renaissance Drama and Director of the Shakespeare Programme at Lancaster University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Series editor's Preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Abbreviations
Introduction
Dictionary A-Z entries
Bibliography
Index

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Series Editor's Preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Abbreviations
Introduction
Dictionary A-Z entries
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

This encyclopaedic and critically sophisticated survey of women and womanhood in Shakespeare offers a uniquely invaluable resource for students and scholars alike. Professor Stanley Wells, CBE, Chairman, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK