Feminist Readings of Shakespeare

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1. Shakespeare's Feminine Endings

   Disfiguring Death in the Tragedies

   By Philippa Berry

   Series: Feminist Readings of Shakespeare

   Philippa Berry draws on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, to challenge existing critical notions of what is fundamental to Shakespearean tragedy. She shows how, through a network of images clustered around feminine or feminized characters, these plays 'disfigure' conventional...

   Published August 25th 1999 by Routledge
2. Engendering a Nation

   A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories

   By Jean E. Howard, Phyllis Rackin

   Series: Feminist Readings of Shakespeare

   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...

   Published April 16th 1997 by Routledge
3. Roman Shakespeare

   Warriors, Wounds and Women

   By Coppélia Kahn

   Series: Feminist Readings of Shakespeare

   In the first full-length study of Shakespeare's Roman plays, Coppélia Kahn brings to these texts a startling, critical perspective which interrogates the gender ideologies lurking behind 'Roman virtue'. Plays featured include: * Titus Andronicus * Julius Caesar * Antony and Cleopatra *...

   Published March 26th 1997 by Routledge