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Author Howard, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1948-

Title Engendering a nation : a feminist account of Shakespeare's English histories / Jean E. Howard and Phyllis Rackin
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 248 pages) : illustrations
Series Feminist readings of Shakespeare
Feminist readings of Shakespeare
Contents Part Part I MAKING GENDER VISIBLE A re-viewing of Shakespeare's history plays -- chapter 1 THOROUGHLY MODERN HENRY -- chapter 2 THE HISTORY PLAY IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME -- chapter 3 FEMINISM, WOMEN, AND THE SHAKESPEAREAN HISTORY PLAY -- chapter 4 THE THEATER AS INSTITUTION -- part Part II WEAK KINGS, WARRIOR WOMEN, AND THE ASSAULT ON DYNASTIC AUTHORITY The first tetralogy and King John -- chapter 5 HENRY VI, PART I -- chapter 6 HENRY VI, PART II -- chapter 7 HENRY VI, PART III -- chapter 8 RICHARD III -- chapter 9 KING JOHN -- part Part III GENDER AND NATION Anticipations of modernity in the second tetralogy -- chapter 10 RICHARD II -- chapter 11 THE HENRY IV PLAYS -- chapter 12 HENRY V
Summary Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Taking the Shakespearean history play as their point of departure, the authors argue that the change from dynastic kingdom to modern nation was integrally connected to shifts in cultural understandings of gender, and in the social roles available to men and women. The cultural centrality of Elizabethan theatre made it an important arena for staging the diverse and contradictory elements of this transition. Plays featured include: King John Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Henry, Part III Richard III Richard II Henry V Engendering a Nation makes an original and topical contribution to the study of Shakespeare's history plays and is especially valuable to students and scholars with an interest in where feminist and historicist approaches to the Renaissance intersect. 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 Pla
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index
Notes English
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- History
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Women
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Views on sex role
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 gnd
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Pensée politique et sociale. ram
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Et l'histoire. ram
Shakespeare, William. swd
Subject Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Historical drama, English -- History and criticism
Masculinity in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
Sex role in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
Feminism and literature
Historical drama, English
Historiography
Masculinity in literature
National characteristics, English, in literature
Nationalism in literature
Sex role
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
Women in literature
Nationalbewusstsein Motiv
Feminismus
Historisches Drama
Feministische Literaturwissenschaft
Nationalbewusstsein
Nationale identiteit.
Sekserol.
Toneelstukken.
Engels.
Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Angleterre (GB) -- 16e siècle.
Caractère national anglais -- Dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe -- Dans la littérature.
Féminisme et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Angleterre (GB) -- 16e siècle.
Nationalisme -- Dans la littérature.
Masculinité (psychologie) -- Dans la littérature.
Théâtre historique anglais -- Histoire et critique.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- 1066-1687 -- Historiography
Subject England
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne -- 1066-1688 -- Historiographie.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Rackin, Phyllis
ISBN 0203205103
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