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Shakespeare's feminine endings : disfiguring death in the tragedies /
In this elegant and provocative book, Philippa Berry draws on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, to challenge existing critical notions of what is 'fundamental' to Shakespearean tragedy. She shows how, through a network of images clustered around feminine or feminized ch...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1999.
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| Colección: | Feminist readings of Shakespeare.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this elegant and provocative book, Philippa Berry draws on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, to challenge existing critical notions of what is 'fundamental' to Shakespearean tragedy. She shows how, through a network of images clustered around feminine or feminized characters, these plays 'disfigure' conventional ideas of death as a bodily end, as their figures of women are interwoven with provocative meditations upon matter, time, the soul, and the body. The scope of these tragic speculations was radical in Shakespeare's day; yet they also have a surprising relevance to contemporary debates about time and matter in science and philosophy. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 197 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-188) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203313550 9780203313558 0203072847 9780203072844 9781134914944 1134914946 9786610328833 6610328838 |