Incest and agency in Elizabeth's England /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Quilligan, Maureen, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Incest in literature.
Feminism and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Inceste dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Women Authors.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
English literature > Early modern
Feminism and literature
Incest in literature
Women and literature
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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.

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