Women In Shakespeare

Author : Tina Packer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307745347

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Women of Will by Tina Packer Pdf

Women of Will is a fierce and funny exploration of Shakespeare’s understanding of the feminine. Tina Packer, one of our foremost Shakespeare experts, shows that Shakespeare began, in his early comedies, by writing women as shrews to be tamed or as sweet little things with no independence of thought. The women of the history plays are much more interesting, beginning with Joan of Arc. Then, with the extraordinary Juliet, there is a dramatic shift: suddenly Shakespeare’s women have depth, motivation, and understanding of life more than equal to that of the men. As Shakespeare ceases to write women as predictable caricatures and starts writing them from the inside, his women become as dimensional, spirited, spiritual, active, and sexual as any of his male characters. Wondering if Shakespeare had fallen in love (Packer considers with whom, and what she may have been like), the author observes that from Juliet on, Shakespeare’s characters demonstrate that when women and men are equal in status and passion, they can—and do—change the world.

Author : Phyllis Rackin
Publisher : Oxford Shakespeare Topics
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198186946

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Shakespeare and Women by Phyllis Rackin Pdf

'Shakespeare and Women' challenges a number of current assumptions about Shakespeare and women. It argues that the current scholarly emphasis on patriarchal power, male misogyny, and women's oppression may tell us more about ourselves than about the world Shakespeare inhabited and the worlds he created in his plays.

Author : Alison Findlay
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781472557513

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Women in Shakespeare by Alison Findlay Pdf

This is a comprehensive reference guide examining the language employed by Shakespeare to represent women in the full range of his poetry and plays. Including over 350 entries, Alison Findlay shows the role of women within Shakespearean drama, their representations on the Shakespearean stage, and their place in Shakespeare's personal and professional lives.

Author : Dympna Callaghan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781134633111

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Shakespeare Without Women by Dympna Callaghan Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Artemis Preeshl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000441147

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Consent in Shakespeare by Artemis Preeshl Pdf

By examining how female characters speak and act during coming of age, engagement, marriage, and intimacy, Consent in Shakespeare will enhance understanding about how and why women spoke, remained silent, or acted as they did in relation to their intimate partners in Early Modern and contemporary private and public situations in and around the Mediterranean. Consent in intimate relationships is front and center in today’s conversations. This book re-examines the verbal and physical interactions of female-identified characters in Early Modern and contemporary cultures in Shakespeare’s Mediterranean comedies and the sources from which he derived his plays. This re-examination of the words that women say or do not say, and actions that women do or do not take, in Shakespeare’s Mediterranean plays and his probable sources sheds light on how Shakespeare’s audiences might have perceived Mediterranean cultural mores and norms. Assessment of source materials for Shakespeare’s comedies set in the Balkans, France, Italy, the Near East, North Africa, and Spain suggests how women of diverse backgrounds communicated in everyday life and peak life experiences in the Early Modern era. Given Shakespeare’s impact worldwide, this initiative to shift the conversation about the power of consent of female protagonists and supporting characters in Shakespeare’s Mediterranean plays will further transform conversations about consent in class, board and conference rooms, and the international stage.

Author : Theresa D. Kemp
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798216166849

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Women in the Age of Shakespeare by Theresa D. Kemp Pdf

This book offers a look at the lives of Elizabethan era women in the context of the great female characters in the works of William Shakespeare. Like the other entries in this fascinating series, Women in the Age of Shakespeare shows the influence of the world William Shakespeare lived in on the worlds he created for the stage, this time by focusing on women in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras in general and in Shakespeare's works in particular. Women in the Age of Shakespeare explores the ancient and medieval ideas that Shakespeare drew upon in creating his great comedic and tragic heroines. It then looks at how these ideas intersected with the lived experiences of women of Shakespeare's time, followed by a close look at the major female characters in Shakespeare's plays and poems. Later chapters consider how these characters have been enacted on stage and in film, interpreted by critics and scholars, and re-imagined by writers in our own time.

Author : Courtni Crump Wright
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0819188263

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The Women of Shakespeare's Plays by Courtni Crump Wright Pdf

This book analyzes, through easy-to-follow play synopses, the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists as they impact not only the plot of Shakespeare's plays but the male protagonist. Selected, condensed one-act versions of the plays are provided in order to enrich the discussion of the play, to stimulate in reading the play in its entirety, and to provide a springboard for group discussion of the play and the impact of the women. Contents: William Shakespeare: His Art, Life and Times; The Women of Shakespeare's Plays: An Overview; The Comedy of Errors; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Julius Caesar; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Macbeth; Much Ado About Nothing; Othello the Moor of Venice; The Taming of the Shrew; Antony and Cleopatra; Twelfth Night or What You Will; Romeo and Juliet; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Bibliography.

Author : Rebecca Stadtlander Rebecca,Shakespeare Birthplace Trust,Becca Stadtlander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1406389609

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Bold and Brave Women from Shakespeare by Rebecca Stadtlander Rebecca,Shakespeare Birthplace Trust,Becca Stadtlander Pdf

Discover the fascinating stories of the bold and brave women in Shakespeare's plays.Stories of twelve of Shakespeare's courageous, strong-willed and determined characters are brought to life with Becca Stadtlander's rich and evocative illustrations. Celebrate these incredible women with this beautiful gift book, the perfect way to get children fascinated by Shakespeare and inspired by his work.Featuring: Titania, Cleopatra, Rosalind, Margaret of Anjou, Cordelia, Lady Macbeth, Beatrice, Juliet, Portia, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, Miranda, Viola.

Author : William Shakespeare,Libby Appel,Michael Flachmann
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015011506634

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Shakespeare's Women by William Shakespeare,Libby Appel,Michael Flachmann Pdf

Serves both as a script for performance and as a text for high school and college theater and English classes. This self-contained script brings together different scenes from Shake­speare's plays to portray women "in all their infinite variety." Two narrators, a man and a woman, introduce and com­ment on these scenes, weaving together the different characters and situations. This book combines literary and theat­rical techniques in examining Shake­speare's women. Its promptbook format provides clear, helpful stage directions on pages facing each of the scenes. Also help­ful are concise glosses and footnotes to define difficult words and phrases plus a commentary to explain each scene in its dramatic context. Other features include sheet music for each song in the play, a bibliography on the topic of women in Shakespeare's plays, and suggestions for directors who wish to stage the play.

Author : Mrs. Jameson (Anna)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Women in art
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014171391

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Characteristics of Women by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Pdf

Author : Juliet Dusinberre
Publisher : Springer
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349245314

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Shakespeare and the Nature of Women by Juliet Dusinberre Pdf

Shakespeare and the Nature of Women was the first full-length feminist analysis of the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, ushering in a new era in research and criticism. Its arguments for the feminism both of the drama and the early modern period caused instant controversy, which still engrosses scholars. Dusinberre argues that Puritan teaching on sexuality and spiritual equality raises questions about women which feed into the drama, where the role of women in relation to authority structures is constantly renegotiated. Using a critical language which predates Foucault and other major theorists, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women argues that Renaissance drama highlights ways in which the feminine and the masculine are socially constructed. The presence of the boy actor on stage created an awareness of gender as performance, now crucial to contemporary feminist thought. Shakespeare and the Nature of Women claimed for women a right to speak about the literary text from their own place in history and culture. The author's Preface to the second edition traces contemporary developments in feminist scholarship, which still wrestles with the book's main thesis: Renaissance feminism, feminist Shakespeare.

Author : Marguerite A. Tassi
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781575911311

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Women and Revenge in Shakespeare by Marguerite A. Tassi Pdf

Can there be a virtue in vengeance? Can revenge do ethical work? Can revenge be the obligation of women? This wide-ranging literary study looks at Shakespeare's women and finds bold answers to questions such as these. A surprising number of Shakespeare's female characters respond to moral outrages by expressing a strong desire for vengeance. This book's analysis of these characters and their circumstances offers incisive critical perceptions of feminine anger, ethics, and agency and challenges our assumptions about the role of gender in revenge. In this provocative book, Marguerite A. Tassi counters longstanding critical opinions on revenge: that it is the sole province of men in Western literature and culture, that it is a barbaric, morally depraved, irrational instinct, and that it is antithetical to justice. Countless examples have been mined from Shakespeare's dramas to reveal women's profound concerns with revenge and justice, honor and shame, crime and punishment. In placing the critical focus on avenging women, this book significantly redresses a gender imbalance in scholarly treatments of revenge, particularly in early modern literature.

Author : Judith Cook
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Actresses
ISBN : 0863693830

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Women in Shakespeare by Judith Cook Pdf

A study of the female roles in Shakespeare's plays, which includes the origin and development of the characters, and their interpretation by different actresses.; Dame Peggy Ashcroft - Mrs Siddons - Ellen Terry - Judi Dench - Janet Suzman - Barbara Jefford - Lillie Langtry - Dame Edith Evans - Glenda Jackson.

Author : Cristina León Alfar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134773381

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Women and Shakespeare's Cuckoldry Plays by Cristina León Alfar Pdf

How does a woman become a whore? What are the discursive dynamics making a woman a whore? And, more importantly, what are the discursive mechanics of unmaking? In Women and Shakespeare’s Cuckoldry Plays: Shifting Narratives of Marital Betrayal, Cristina León Alfar pursues these questions to tease out familiar cultural stories about female sexuality that recur in the form of a slander narrative throughout William Shakespeare’s work. She argues that the plays stage a structure of accusation and defense that unravels the authority of husbands to make and unmake wives. While men’s accusations are built on a foundation of political, religious, legal, and domestic discourses about men’s superiority to, and rule over, women, whose weaker natures render them perpetually suspect, women’s bonds with other women animate defenses of virtue and obedience, fidelity and love, work loose the fabric of patrilineal power that undergirds masculine privileges in marriage, and signify a discursive shift that constitutes the site of agency within a system of oppression that ought to prohibit such agency. That women’s agency in the early modern period must be tied to the formations of power that officially demand their subjection need not undermine their acts. In what Alfar calls Shakespeare’s cuckoldry plays, women’s rhetoric of defense is both subject to the discourse of sexual honor and finds a ground on which to “shift it” as women take control of and replace sexual slander with their own narratives of marital betrayal.

Author : Molly G. Yarn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781316518359

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Shakespeare's ‘Lady Editors' by Molly G. Yarn Pdf

This bold and compelling revisionist history tells the remarkable story of the forgotten lives and labours of Shakespeare's women editors.