Time and Gender on the Shakespearean Stage

Lewis examines cultural and theatrical intersections between early modern temporal concepts and early modern gendered identities. Through close readings of the works of Shakespeare, Middleton, Dekker, Heywood and others, she shows how temporal tropes are used to delineate masculinity and femininity on the early modern stage.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Virtuous delay: the enduring patient wife; 2. Transgressive action: the impatient prodigal husband; 3. Waiting and taking: the temporally conflicted revenger; 4. The delay's the thing: patience, prodigality and revenge in Hamlet; Conclusion. Echoes.

About the author

Sarah Lewis is Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature at King's College London. She has co-edited a collection of essays, Family Politics in Early Modern England (2016), and is a Director of the Grasping Kairos research network.

Summary

Lewis examines cultural and theatrical intersections between early modern temporal concepts and early modern gendered identities. Through close readings of the works of Shakespeare, Middleton, Dekker, Heywood and others, she shows how temporal tropes are used to delineate masculinity and femininity on the early modern stage.

Foreword

An original study of the ways in which temporal concepts and gendered identities intersect in early modern theatre and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Lewis, Sarah (King''s College London) Lewis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781108820271
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82027-1
• No. of pages: 287
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; English, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean