Gender and performance in Shakespeare's problem comedies /

"Composed at a critical moment in English history, Shakespeare's "problem plays"--All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Troilus and Cressida - dramatize a crisis in the sex-gender system. They register a male dread of emasculation and engulfment, a fear of fema...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCandless, David Foley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1997.
Series:Drama and performance studies.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > All's well that ends well.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Troilus and Cressida.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Measure for measure.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comédies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > All's well that ends well.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). > All's well that ends well.
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). > Troilus and Cressida.
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). > Measure for measure.
All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William)
Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William)
Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William)
1500-1699
Feminism and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Feminism and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Comedy.
Féminisme et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Féminisme et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Comédie.
comedy plays.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Comedy
Feminism and literature
Humorous plays
Man-woman relationships in literature
Sex role in literature
Sekseverschillen.
All's well that ends well (Shakespeare)
Measure for measure (Shakespeare)
Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare)
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Féminisme et littérature > Angleterre (GB) > 16e siècle.
Féminisme et littérature > Angleterre (GB) > 17e siècle.
Relations hommes-femmes > Dans la littérature.
England
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: All's Well That Ends Well
  • Helena's Femininity: Subject vs. Object
  • Bertram's Masculinity: Rite of Passage
  • Drama of Difference: Old and New Tales Staging the Bed-Trick
  • 2. Final Scenes: Unresolved Tension
  • Measure for Measure
  • The Duke as Ghostly Father
  • Angelo's Sadism: Punishing Claudio
  • Speechless Dialect: Isabella's (Lacking) Sexuality
  • Angelo's Sadomasochistic Fantasy: Propositioning Isabella
  • Isabella's Sadomasochism Gestic Staging
  • The Duke's Sadomasochistic Spectacle
  • Final Moments: "What Do You Think This Is?"
  • 3. Troilus and Cressida The War as Empty Spectacle
  • Troilus and Cressida: The Limits of Sexuality
  • Seduction
  • The Limits of Subjectivity Feminist Gestus
  • Between Men: The Homoerotics of War Final Scenes.

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