Overview
We know that women made up a significant part of Renaissance theatre audiences but how might they have read the plays presented there?
Full Product Details
Author: Alison Findlay (Lancaster University)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780631205098
ISBN 10: 0631205098
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 12 December 1998
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In this valuable book Alison Findlay attempts to develop historically grounded feminist responses to a wide variety of Renaissance plays ... Findlay writes with admirable clarity and concision, offering interpretations that are informed but never obscured by contemporary - especially Lacanian - critical theory. This is a good book, worth reading and debating. Early Modern Literary Studies. All the essays are new, and together they illuminate a wide range of issues across a reasonable spread of plays. The book offers a range of thoughtful and stimulating approaches to gender on the Renaissance stage. The Yearbook of English Studies
"In this valuable book Alison Findlay attempts to develop historically grounded feminist responses to a wide variety of Renaissance plays ... Findlay writes with admirable clarity and concision, offering interpretations that are informed but never obscured by contemporary - especially Lacanian - critical theory. This is a good book, worth reading and debating." Early Modern Literary Studies. "All the essays are new, and together they illuminate a wide range of issues across a reasonable spread of plays. The book offers a range of thoughtful and stimulating approaches to gender on the Renaissance stage." The Yearbook of English Studies
"""In this valuable book Alison Findlay attempts to develop historically grounded feminist responses to a wide variety of Renaissance plays . . . Findlay writes with admirable clarity and concision, offering interpretations that are informed but never obscured by contemporary - especially Lacanian - critical theory. This is a good book, worth reading and debating."" Early Modern Literary Studies. ""All the essays are new, and together they illuminate a wide range of issues across a reasonable spread of plays. The book offers a range of thoughtful and stimulating approaches to gender on the Renaissance stage."" The Yearbook of English Studies"
Author Information
Alison Findlay is a lecturer in English at Lancaster University, specializing in feminist approaches to Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama and women's writing of the early modern period.
