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Engendering a nation : a feminist account of Shakespeare's English histories /

Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Taking the Shakespearean history play as their point of departure, the authors argue that the change from dynastic kingdom to modern natio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howard, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1948-
Otros Autores: Rackin, Phyllis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Colección:Feminist readings of Shakespeare.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part Part I MAKING GENDER VISIBLE A re-viewing of Shakespeare's history plays
  • chapter 1 THOROUGHLY MODERN HENRY
  • chapter 2 THE HISTORY PLAY IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME
  • chapter 3 FEMINISM, WOMEN, AND THE SHAKESPEAREAN HISTORY PLAY
  • chapter 4 THE THEATER AS INSTITUTION
  • part Part II WEAK KINGS, WARRIOR WOMEN, AND THE ASSAULT ON DYNASTIC AUTHORITY The first tetralogy and King John
  • chapter 5 HENRY VI, PART I
  • chapter 6 HENRY VI, PART II
  • chapter 7 HENRY VI, PART III
  • chapter 8 RICHARD III
  • chapter 9 KING JOHN
  • part Part III GENDER AND NATION Anticipations of modernity in the second tetralogy
  • chapter 10 RICHARD II
  • chapter 11 THE HENRY IV PLAYS
  • chapter 12 HENRY V.