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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 90
... Women and literature—EnglandiHistoryi16th century. 4. Heroines in literature. 5. Women in literature. I. Hoeckley, Cheri L. Larsen, 1962* II. Title. III. Series. PR2991.]35 2005 822.3'3 c2oo4-905967-X Broadview Editions The Broadview ...
... 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 offers its most intriguing reading experi— ence ...
... women: Memoirs of the Loves of the Poets (1829) and Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sovereigns (1831). The collected biography, a popular genre withVictorian women writ— ers and readers, would become a trademark of her literary career ...
... woman over a single one—travelling, visiting, attending public lectures and salons. This freedom of movement paralleled an emotional freedom that allowed Jameson to develop several intense relationships with women whose ideas and ...
... 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 all—female press and produced The English Woman ...
Inhalt
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 |