Shakespeare''s ''Whores'' - Erotics, Politics, and Poetics

Shakespeare's 'Whores' studies each use of the word 'whore' in Shakespeare's canon, focusing especially on the positive personal and social effects of female sexuality, as represented in several major female characters, from the goddess Venus, to the queen Cleopatra, to the cross-dressing Rosalind, and many others.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: 'Am I that name'? 2. 'Made to write 'whore' upon?': Male and Female Use of the Word 'Whore' 3. 'Enough to make a whore forswear her trade': Prostitution as Woman's 'Oldest Profession' 4. The Heroic Tragedy of Cleopatra, the 'Prostitute Queen' 5. Female Erotic Passion: Toward Sex As You Like It 6. Venus: Mother of All 'Whores' 7. Stripping Shakespeare's 'Whores' Bibliography Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kay Stanton is Professor of English at California State University, Fullerton, USA. A Shakespeare specialist, she has presented papers at over 90 professional conferences, in 12 countries, and has authored over 30 articles and book chapters, published in leading reference works such as The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare and A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare.

Zusammenfassung

Shakespeare's 'Whores' studies each use of the word 'whore' in Shakespeare's canon, focusing especially on the positive personal and social effects of female sexuality, as represented in several major female characters, from the goddess Venus, to the queen Cleopatra, to the cross-dressing Rosalind, and many others.

Zusatztext

"...playful, conversational, and excellent". Roland Greene, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

Bericht

"...playful, conversational, and excellent". Roland Greene, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

Produktdetails

• Autoren: K Stanton, K. Stanton
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349439126
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43912-6
• Seiten: 191
• Serien: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies; Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; B, Literature, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, Culture—Study and teaching, Poetry and Poetics, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern, poetics;Prostitution;William Shakespeare