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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.

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.
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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.