Shakespeare's unmuted women
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Shakespeare's unmuted women
（Routledge studies in Shakespeare）
Routledge, 2024
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Content Type: text (ncrcontent), Media Type: unmediated (ncrmedia), Carrier Type: volume (ncrcarrier)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary:"Shakespeare's Unmuted Women explores women's speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting women's discerning insight as a vital ingredient in these selected works. The book discusses the use of rhetoric in speeches by women as a cementing material that supports the casing of the incidents. Women holding forth on the issues related to the common concerns emerged in the plays perform a distinguishing role in strengthening the bond between decisions taken and executed by each character and make their major important contribution to the overall impact of the play. Comprising six chapters, the volume analyses Cordelia's and Desdemona's speeches in King Lear and Othello; Cleopatra's and Tamora's speeches in Antony and Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus; Beatrice's and Rosalind's speeches in Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It; and Katherine's and Lady Anne's speeches in Henry V and Richard III, respectively. The text discusses women's rich and profound discourse in these works to ...
Contents of Works
- Queen Elizabeth, unmuted empress of her time
- Cordelia and Desdemona, vocal supporters of justice in King Lear and Othello
- Verbal forays of Tamora and Cleopatra in Titus Andronicus and Antony and Cleopatra
- Droll love tutorials of Beatrice and Rosalind in Much ado about nothing and As you like it
- Katherine and Lady Anne's eloquence and shielding rhetoric in Henry V and Richard III
