Shakespearean Tragedy And Gender
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Shakespearean Tragedy And Gender
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Author : Shirley Nelson Garner
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1996-02-22
Shakespearean Tragedy And Gender written by Shirley Nelson Garner and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-02-22 with Drama categories.
While considering Shakespeare's earliest attempts at tragedy in Richard III and Titus Andronicus, this volume covers the major tragic period, giving special attention to Othello.
Fantasies Of Female Evil
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Author : Cristina León Alfar
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 2003
Fantasies Of Female Evil written by Cristina León Alfar and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Drama categories.
Focuses on Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and The winter's tale. UkBU.
Comic Women Tragic Men
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Author : Linda Bamber
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1982-06-01
Comic Women Tragic Men written by Linda Bamber and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-06-01 with Drama categories.
This book proceeds from the assumption that Shakespeare, so often perceived as the one writer who appears to have transcended the limits of gender, inevitably writes from the perspective of his own gender. From this perspective, whatever represents the Self is necessarily male; and the Other, which challenges the Self, is female. The author's approach gives us a fresh understanding of both Shakespeare's characters and the structure of the plays. The author defines genre in terms of the nature of the challenge offered by the Other to the Self. Using specific plays and characters of Shakespeare, the author shows how in tragedy the Other betrays or appears to betray the Self; in comedy the Other evades the social hierarchies dominated by versions of the male Self; in romance the Other comes and goes, leaving the Self bereft when she is gone and astounding him with happiness when she reappears. History is defined as a genre in which the masculine heroes confront no challenge from the Other but only from each other, from other versions of the Self. The book consists of a long theoretical introduction followed by chapters on comedy, history, and some individual plays: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Coriolanus, and The Tempest.
The Representation Of Gender In Shakespeare S Macbeth And Antony And Cleopatra
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Author : Verena Schörkhuber
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2007-09
The Representation Of Gender In Shakespeare S Macbeth And Antony And Cleopatra written by Verena Schörkhuber and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09 with categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A, University of Edinburgh, course: Tragedy, History and Sovereignty in Late Medieval and Early Modern Poetry and Drama, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Building on the assumption that differences between the sexes in tragedy are defined through competing representations of heroism, this paper shall take a closer look at the representation of gender in two premodern tragedies, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. The aim of this paper shall be to provide a short introduction to (Shakespeare) feminist criticism, which will be supplemented with an overview of various notable instances of the representation of gender in these two works.
Manhood And Masculine Identity In William Shakespeare S The Tragedy Of Macbeth
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Author : Maria L. Howell
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2008-10-14
Manhood And Masculine Identity In William Shakespeare S The Tragedy Of Macbeth written by Maria L. Howell and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
Maria Howell's, Manhood and Masculine Identity in William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth, is an important and compelling scholarly work which seeks to examine the sixteenth century's greatest concern, echoed by Hamlet himself, "What is a man?" In an attempt to analyze the concept of manhood in Macbeth, Howell explores the contradictions and ambiguities that underlie heroic notions of masculinity dramatized throughout the play. From Lady Macbeth's capacity to control and destroy Macbeth's masculine identity, to Macbeth himself, who corrupts his military prowess to become a ruthless and murderous tyrant, Howell demonstrates that heroic notions of masculinity not only reinforce masculine power and authority, paradoxically, these ideals are also the source of man's disempowerment and destruction. Howell argues that in an attempt to attain a higher principle, the means (violence and destruction) and the ends (justice and peace) become fused and indistinguishable, so that those values that inform man's actions for good no longer provide moral clarity. Howell's poignant and timely analysis of manhood and masculine identity in Shakespeare's Macbeth will no doubt resonate with readers today.
Woman And Gender In Renaissance Tragedy
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Author : Dympna Callaghan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Woman And Gender In Renaissance Tragedy written by Dympna Callaghan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with English drama categories.
Shakespeare Feminism And Gender
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Author : Kate Chedgzoy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2000-12-05
Shakespeare Feminism And Gender written by Kate Chedgzoy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Over the last quarter-century, feminist criticism of Shakespeare has greatly expanded and enriched the range of interpretations of the Shakespearean texts, their original historical location, and subsequent reinterpretation. Characteristically it weaves between past and present, driven by a commitment both to intervene in contemporary cultural politics and to recover a fuller sense of the sexual politics of the literary heritage. Collecting together essays which offer detailed accounts of particular plays with others that take a broader overview of the field, this Casebook showcases the range of critical strategies used by feminist criticism, and illustrates how vital attention to the politics of gender and sexuality is to a full understanding and appreciation of Shakespearean drama.
Shakespeare S Feminine Endings
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Author : Philippa Berry
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1999
Shakespeare S Feminine Endings written by Philippa Berry and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Closure (Rhetoric) categories.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Love S Argument
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Author : Marianne Novy
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2017-11-01
Love S Argument written by Marianne Novy and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Novy demonstrates how the plays are theatrical transformations of tensions in both ideals and practices in Renaissance society. Analyzing the dramatic images of lover and beloved, of husband and wife, of parent and child, Novy examines the ways in which the conflicts are resolved in the comedies and romances and how they are acted out in the tragedies. Chapters on individual plays provide original interpretations that delineate the tone and texture of gender relations. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Gender Politics In Macbeth
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Author : Katharina Herrmann
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2010-12-07
Gender Politics In Macbeth written by Katharina Herrmann and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), course: Shakespeare’s Tragedies – Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear, language: English, abstract: Renaissance tragedy does to a large extent deal with common political, religious and social questions of the time. In most cases, authors use tragedy as the place to question and even criticize those issues, and thus use it as a political space. In Jacobean England, society was profoundly hierarchical with the king on top of the state, and the father or husband as head of the family. “[W]omen were clearly socially subordinate, and the preponderance of discourse on the gender hierarchy was misogynistic” . Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s late tragedies, written in 1606, and presented at the Globe Theatre later that year. In Shakespeare’s plays sex and gender are crucial for defining human identity and political power. In the course of this essay, I will first take a closer look at gender ideology in the English Renaissance and in Renaissance tragedy and see how society justified the social subordination of women, and what kind of behaviour was considered appropriate for women. As Macbeth is a play that hugely builds on gender stereotyping, I will afterwards work out the play’s definition of masculinity and femininity in the medieval social context the tragedy is set in, and subsequently analyse the characters of the three witches and king Duncan regarding their hermaphroditism and androgynity, and see whether the blurring of fixed gender roles might be interpreted as an indication that gender politics in Macbeth are unusual for the medieval Scottish context. The main part of this essay will be dedicated to the Macbeths, two strongly individualized characters. I will examine the characters of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth first, take a look at how their ambition leads to their downfall and afterwards discuss whether it is possible to talk about an inversion of the traditional gender roles since especially Lady Macbeth oversteps the boundaries of appropriate female behaviour and is, at least in the beginning, the more powerful character of the two spouses.