Engendering a nation : a feminist account of Shakespeare's English histories
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Engendering a nation : a feminist account of Shakespeare's English histories
（Feminist readings of Shakespeare）
Routledge, 1997
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at / 42 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Bibliography: p. 228-237
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include:
* King John
* Henry VI, Part I
* Henry VI, Part II
* Henry, Part III
* Richard III
* Richard II
* Henry V.
It will be a must for students and scholars interested in the cultural and social implications of Shakespeare today.
Table of Contents
Part I: Making Gender Visible: A Re-Viewing of Shakespeare's History Plays 1. Thoroughly Modern Henry 2. The History Play in Shakespeare's Time 3. Feminism, Women, and the Shakespearean History Play 4. The Theater as Institution Notes. Part II: Weak Kings, Warrior Women, and the Assault on Dynastic Authority: The First Tetralogy and King John 1. Henry VI, Part I 2. Henry VI, Part II 3. Henry VI, Part III 4. Richard III 5. King John. Notes. Part III: Gender and Nation: Anticipations of Modernity in the Second Tetralogy 1. Richard II 2. The Henry IV plays 3. Henry V Notes. Bibilography. Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"