Toxic Masculinity on the London Stage, 16001610

The idea of toxic masculinity might feel like a very modern, even twenty-first-century notion, but similar concerns about male behaviour, also often characterised in terms of poisons and poisoning.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Poisoned minds: cuckoldry, jealousy and insecure masculinity
Chapter 3 Poisonous words: misogynistic discourses and men slandering women
Chapter 4 Tragic masculinity: theatrical responses to real-life domestic violence
Chapter 5 Poisons and antidotes: fake poisonings, rehabilitated men and strong women

About the author

Anthony Archdeacon has an MPhil in medieval literature from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in renaissance literature from the University of Southampton. He has taught at universities in England, the United Arab Emirates and India.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Archdeacon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032890449
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289044-9
• No. of pages: 124
• Series: Routledge Focus on Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Theatre Studies, Masculinity, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Gender studies: men and boys, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, c 1600 to c 1609