The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Sisters : Gender, Transgression, Adolescence /

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The first sustained study of girls and girlhood in early modern literature and cultureJennifer Higginbotham makes a persuasive case for a paradigm shift in our current conceptions of the early modern sex-gender system. She challenges the widespread assumption that the category of the 'girl'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Higginbotham, Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture : ECSRC
Temas:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Girls in literature.
Girls > Great Britain > Social conditions > 16th century.
Girls > Great Britain > Social conditions > 17th century.
Literary Studies.
Filles dans la littérature.
Filles > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 16e siècle.
Filles > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare.
English literature > Early modern
Girls in literature
Girls > Social conditions
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 'A wentche, a gyrle, a Damsell': Defi ning Early Modern Girlhood
  • Chapter 2 Roaring Girls and Unruly Women: Producing Femininities
  • Chapter 3 Female Infants and the Engendering of Humanity
  • Chapter 4 Where Are the Girls in English Renaissance Drama?
  • Chapter 5 Voicing Girlhood: Women's Life Writing and Narratives of Childhood
  • Epilogue: Mass-Produced Languages and the End of Touristic Choices
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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