Images of Women and Gender Identity in John Marston''s Plays

Arguing that patriarchy and ownership of private property are intimately meshed together, Senapati avers that Marston interrogates the misogyny of the Jacobean period by delimiting two predominant myths that have crippled women through the centuries-the beauty myth and the myth of the weak and sexual female-both constructs of patriarchy.

List of contents

Notes and Abbreviations Used for Texts
Introduction
Chapter 1: Wenches
Chapter 2: Wives
Chapter 3: Widows
Chapter 4: Sex Workers
Chapter 5: Witches
Conclusion
Bibliography

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By Sukanya Behura Senapati

Summary

Arguing that patriarchy and ownership of private property are intimately meshed together, Senapati avers that Marston interrogates the misogyny of the Jacobean period by delimiting two predominant myths that have crippled women through the centuries—the beauty myth and the myth of the weak and sexual female—both constructs of patriarchy.

Product details

• Authors: Sukanya Behura Senapati
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666910278
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-027-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights