Shakespeare's feminine endings : disfiguring death in the tragedies /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berry, Philippa, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Colección:Feminist readings of Shakespeare.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Women.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William.
1500-1699
Feminism and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Feminism and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Sex role in literature.
Death in literature.
Closure (Rhetoric)
Feminism > history
Women > history
Drama > english
Drama > history
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Mort dans la littérature.
Conclusion (Littérature)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Criticism and interpretation
Death in literature
Feminism and literature
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
Women in literature
Frau > Motiv
Tod > Motiv
Tragödie
Dood.
Vrouwen.
England
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Disfigured endings: sexual matters and Shakespeare's ars moriendi
  • Double dying and other tragic inversions (Romeo and Juliet)
  • Echoic language and tragic identity (Hamlet)
  • Disclosing the feminine eye of death: tragedy and seeing in the dark (Othello)
  • Fortune's fools: revolutions of time, fate and sovereignty (Macbeth)
  • Cordelia's bond and Britannia's missing middle (King Lear).

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