Shakespeare's HeroinesBroadview Press, 26.09.2005 - 464 Seiten First published in 1832, Shakespeare’s Heroines is a unique hybrid of Shakespeare criticism, women’s rights activism, and conduct literature. Jameson’s collection of readings of female characters includes praise for unexpected role models as varied as Portia, Cleopatra, and Lady Macbeth; her interpretations of these and other characters portray intellect, passion, political ambition, and eroticism as acceptable aspects of women’s behaviour. This inventive work of literary criticism addresses the problems of women’s education and participation in public life while also providing insightful, original, and entertaining readings of Shakespeare’s women. This Broadview Edition includes a critical introduction that places Shakespeare’s Heroines in the context of Jameson’s literary career and political life. Appendices include personal correspondence and other literary and political writings by Jameson, examples of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Shakespeare criticism, and selections from Victorian conduct books. |
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... Female Characters” in Essays on Shakespeare's Dramatic Character ofSirjohn Falstafiancl on his Imitation ofFemale Characters (1789) I 444 2. From William Hazlitt, Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (1817) ' 448 3. From Frances Anne ...
... female education ought to instill inVictorian women. Alternatively, Shakespeare's Heroines can be read as a critical work, producing original readings of Shakespeare through a focus on his female characters. Characteristics of Women ...
... Female Sovereigns (1831). The collected biography, a popular genre withVictorian women writ— ers and readers, would become a trademark of her literary career, allowing her to weave deft comments on the position of early Victorian women ...
... female propriety,Jameson took full advantage of the relative free— domVictorian society accorded a married woman over a single one—travelling, visiting, attending public lectures and salons. This freedom of movement paralleled an ...
... female employment; professional training for women; and the establishment of women's higher education, especially the opening of Girton College, Cambridge. The group also turned their attention to literary endeavors; they established an ...
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Jamesons Writing on Women Work and Acting | 380 |
Jamesons Correspondence | 409 |
Contemporary Reviews of Characteristics of Women | 419 |
Conduct Books | 437 |
Eighteenth and NineteenthCentury Shakespeare Criticism | 444 |
Select Bibliography | 463 |