Incest and agency in Elizabeth's England /
In direct contrast to our modern understanding of incest, Incest and Agency in Elizabeth's England seeks to demonstrate that, during the Renaissance, a small number of important women used incest, imagined or actual, to empower their authorship.
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2005.
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Series: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Halting the Traffic in Women: Theoretical Foundations
- 2. Elizabeth I (with a Note on Marguerite de Navarre)
- 3. Sir Philip Sidney's Queen
- 4. Mary Sidney Herbert (with a Note on Elizabeth Cary)
- 5. Spenser's Britomart
- 6. Mary Wroth
- 7. Shakespeare's Cordelia
- Epilogue: Milton's Eve
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments.