Woman and Gender in Renaissance Tragedy: Study of King Lear, Othello the Duchess of Malfi and the White Devil |
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... Shakespeare ( Lexington : University Press of Kentucky , 1986 ) p . 3. Walter Cohen also comments on this problem : ' Feminist criticism of Shakespeare repeatedly runs the risk of introducing allegorizing binary oppositions .... The ...
... Shakespeare ( Lexington : University Press of Kentucky , 1986 ) p . 3. Walter Cohen also comments on this problem : ' Feminist criticism of Shakespeare repeatedly runs the risk of introducing allegorizing binary oppositions .... The ...
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... Shakespeare , naturally seized with delight upon the comedies : ' In Shakespeare's comedies women reached out to the world of the audience while men are contained within the play .... Women are by nature watchers in a world ruled by men ...
... Shakespeare , naturally seized with delight upon the comedies : ' In Shakespeare's comedies women reached out to the world of the audience while men are contained within the play .... Women are by nature watchers in a world ruled by men ...
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... Shakespeare and Milton ) ( Brighton : Harvester Press ; Lexington : University Press of Kentucky , 1986 ) . Dollimore , Jonathan , Radical Tragedy : Religion , Ideology and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries ...
... Shakespeare and Milton ) ( Brighton : Harvester Press ; Lexington : University Press of Kentucky , 1986 ) . Dollimore , Jonathan , Radical Tragedy : Religion , Ideology and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Centrality of Gender | 7 |
Feminism and Tragedy | 9 |
Copyright | |
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