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 culture Jennifer 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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Higginbotham, Jennifer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
©2013
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616
1500-1700
Girls in literature.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Girls > Great Britain > Social conditions > 16th century.
Girls > Great Britain > Social conditions > 17th century.
Filles dans la littérature.
Filles > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 16e siècle.
Filles > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
Characters and characteristics
Civilization
English literature > Early modern
Girls in literature
Girls > Social conditions
Drama
Frau > Motiv
Mädchen > Motiv
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Great Britain > Civilization > 16th century.
Great Britain > Civilization > 17th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 16e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 17e siècle.
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 'A wentche, a gyrle, a damsell' : defining early modern girlhood
  • Roaring girls and unruly women : producing femininities
  • Female infants and the engendering of humanity
  • Where are the girls in English renaissance drama?
  • Voicing girlhood : women's life writing and narratives of childhood
  • Epilogue : mass-produced languages and the end of touristic choices.

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