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Book Synopsis
Powerful new readings of the Shakespearean tragic hero.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Gendered Subject of Shakespearean Tragedy, Madelon Sprengnether

1. Tragic Subjects
History into Tragedy: The Case of Richard III, Phyllis Rackin
A Woman of Letters: Lavinia in Titus Andronicus, Sara Eaton
"Documents in Madness": REading Madness and Gender in Shakespeare's Tragedies and Early Modern Culture, Carol Thomas Neely
"Born of Woman": Fantasies of Maternal Power in Macbeth, Janet Adelman
"Magic of Bounty": Timon of Athens, Jacobean Patronage, and Maternal Power, Coppélia Kahn

2. Implicating Othello
Desdemona's Disposition, Lena Cowen Orlin
"The Moor of Venice," or the Indian on the Renaissance English Stage, Margo Hendricks
The Heroics of Marriage in Othello and The Duchess of Malfi, Mary Beth Rose

3. Shakespeare Our Contemporary?
The Fatal Cleopatra, Carol Cook
What's Love Got to Do with It? Reading the Liberal Humanist Romance in Antony and Cleopatra, Linda Charnes
Shakespeare in My Time and Place, Shirley Nelson Garner
Leaving Shakespeare, Gayle Greene

Notes on Contributors
Index

Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 22/02/1996
      ISBN13: 9780253210272, 978-0253210272
      ISBN10: 0253210275

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Powerful new readings of the Shakespearean tragic hero.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: The Gendered Subject of Shakespearean Tragedy, Madelon Sprengnether

      1. Tragic Subjects
      History into Tragedy: The Case of Richard III, Phyllis Rackin
      A Woman of Letters: Lavinia in Titus Andronicus, Sara Eaton
      "Documents in Madness": REading Madness and Gender in Shakespeare's Tragedies and Early Modern Culture, Carol Thomas Neely
      "Born of Woman": Fantasies of Maternal Power in Macbeth, Janet Adelman
      "Magic of Bounty": Timon of Athens, Jacobean Patronage, and Maternal Power, Coppélia Kahn

      2. Implicating Othello
      Desdemona's Disposition, Lena Cowen Orlin
      "The Moor of Venice," or the Indian on the Renaissance English Stage, Margo Hendricks
      The Heroics of Marriage in Othello and The Duchess of Malfi, Mary Beth Rose

      3. Shakespeare Our Contemporary?
      The Fatal Cleopatra, Carol Cook
      What's Love Got to Do with It? Reading the Liberal Humanist Romance in Antony and Cleopatra, Linda Charnes
      Shakespeare in My Time and Place, Shirley Nelson Garner
      Leaving Shakespeare, Gayle Greene

      Notes on Contributors
      Index

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