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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Additional text

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

Report

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

Product details

• Authors: K Stanton, K. Stanton
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349439126
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43912-6
• No. of pages: 191
• Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies; Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; 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