Shakespeares Unmuted Women

Shakespeare's Unmuted Women explores women's speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting women's discerning insight as a vital ingredient in these selected works.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Queen Elizabeth, Unmuted Empress of Her Time
Chapter 2 Cordelia and Desdemona, Vocal Supporters of Justice in King Lear and Othello
Chapter 3 Verbal Forays of Tamora and Cleopatra in Titus Andronicus and Antony and Cleopatra
Chapter 4 Droll Love Tutorials of Beatrice and Rosalind in Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It
Chapter 5 Katherine and Lady Anne's Eloquence and Shielding Rhetoric in Henry V and Richard III
Chapter 6 Conclusion

About the author

Gül Kurtulü received her Ph.D. from Bilkent University where she taught drama courses from 1991 to 2023. She is the author of two books published in 2020 and 2022 respectively: Stereoscopic London: Plays of Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw and Arthur Wing Pinero in 1890s and Convention and Contravention in Ben Jonson's Three Comedies: Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair.

Product details

• Authors: Gul Kurtulus, Gül Kurtuluş
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032612201
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261220-1
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Studies in Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Shakespeare Plays, Classic plays / drama, shakespeare;womens literature