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Informationen zum Autor Kathryn Schwarz is Associate Professor of English at Vanderbilt University and author of Tough Love: Amazon Encounters in the English Renaissance. Klappentext Kathryn Schwarz considers sixteenth- and seventeenth-century narratives in which women willingly conform to social conventions. She argues that these acts of compliance construct a paradox of prescribed choice, which illuminates complex relationships between hierarchy and contract within heterosocial systems. Zusammenfassung Kathryn Schwarz considers sixteenth- and seventeenth-century narratives in which women willingly conform to social conventions. She argues that these acts of compliance construct a paradox of prescribed choice! which illuminates complex relationships between hierarchy and contract within heterosocial systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Note on Citation Introduction: Virtue Trouble Chapter One. Willing Women Chapter Two. Willful Speech: Metonymy and Mastery Chapter Three. Acts of Will: Misogyny and Masquerade Chapter Four. ''My Intents Are Fix'd'': Constant Will in All's Well That Ends Well Chapter Five. ''Will in Overplus'': Recasting Misogyny in the Sonnets Chapter Six. ''Twixt Will and Will Not'': Chastity and Fracture in Measure for Measure Chapter Seven. ''Fallen Out With My More Headier Will'': Dislocation in King Lear Epilogue. Or: The Roman Matron Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
