Shakespeare's Feminine Endings - Disfiguring Death in the Tragedies

List of contents

Chapter 1 Disfigured Endings; Chapter 2 Double Dying and Other Tragic Inversions, Romeo, Juliet; Chapter 3 Echoic Language and Tragic Identity, Hamlet; Chapter 4 Disclosing the Feminine Eye of Death, Othello; Chapter 5 Fortune’s Fools, Macbeth; Chapter 6 Cordelia’s Bond and Britannia’s Missing Middle, King Lear;

About the author

Berry, Philippa

Summary

In this elegant and provocative book, Philippa Berry rewrites critical perceptions of death in Shakespeare's tragedies from a feminist perspective, drawing on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory.

Product details

• Authors: Philippa Berry, Berry Philippa
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.1999
• EAN: 9780415068949
• ISBN: 978-0-415-06894-9
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 560 g
• Series: Feminist Readings of Shakespeare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Feminism and feminist theory, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean