| Shakespeare Without Women Contributor(s): Callaghan, Dympna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415202329 ISBN-13: 9780415202329 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: i Shakespeare Without Women /i is a controversial study of female impersonation, and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's plays. In this exhilarating and challenging book, Callaghan focuses on the implications of absence and exclusion in several of Shakespeare's works: br br *the exclusion of the female body from i Twelfth Night /i br *the impersonation of the female voice in the original performances of the plays br *racial impersonation in i Othello /i br *echoes of the removal of the Gaelic Irish in i The /i i Tempest /i br *the absence of women on stage and in public life as shown in i A Midsummer Night's Dream /i . |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 99015659 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Accents on Shakespeare |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.42" W x 8.51" (0.83 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |