Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Shakespeare's Widows
Dorothea Kehler
€ 64.41
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Shakespeare's Widows
Hardback. Using a variety of approaches from new historicism to performance criticism, Kehler offers a detailed, feminist study of the thirty-one widow characters of Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Shakespeare s Widows moves thirty-one characters appearing in twenty plays to center stage. Through nuanced analyses, grounded in the widows material circumstances, Kehler uncovers the plays negotiations between the opposed poles of residual Catholic precept and Protestant practice - between celibacy and remarriage. Reading from a feminist materialist perspective, this book argues that Shakespeare s insights into the political and economic pressures the widows face allow them to elude mechanistic ideology. Kehler s book provides extensive historical background into the various religious and cultural attitudes towards widows in early modern England.
Shakespeare s Widows moves thirty-one characters appearing in twenty plays to center stage. Through nuanced analyses, grounded in the widows material circumstances, Kehler uncovers the plays negotiations between the opposed poles of residual Catholic precept and Protestant practice - between celibacy and remarriage. Reading from a feminist materialist perspective, this book argues that Shakespeare s insights into the political and economic pressures the widows face allow them to elude mechanistic ideology. Kehler s book provides extensive historical background into the various religious and cultural attitudes towards widows in early modern England.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230617032
SKU
V9780230617032
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dorothea Kehler
DOROTHEA KEHLER is Professor Emeritus of English Literature, San Diego State University, USA and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University.
Reviews for Shakespeare's Widows
"Fills a major void in Shakespeare criticism." - CHOICE "The only comprehensive treatment of Shakespeare's widows, the book challenges manyreceived ideas of past and current scholarship, making an important contribution tofeminist criticism of Shakespeare and to the history of the early modern period." - James Schiffer, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, SUNY, New Paltz ... Read more