Ruben Espinosa

Masculinity and Marian Efficacy in Shakespeare's England

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Produktbeschreibung

Masculinity and Marian Efficacy in Shakespeare's England offers a new approach to evaluating the psychological "loss" of the Virgin Mary in post-Reformation England. The author surveys the early modern cultural and literary response to Mary's marginalization; he argues that Shakespeare employs both Roman Catholic and post-Reformation views of Marian strength not only to scrutinize cultural perceptions of masculinity, but also to offer his audience new avenues of exploring both religious and gendered subjectivity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781409401162
• ISBN-10: 1409401162
• Artikelnr.: 44973217

Autorenporträt

Ruben Espinosa is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 "England, Mary's Dowry"
Chapter 2 Marian Intercession and Intercessory Promiscuity in The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure
Chapter 3 Virgins, Mothers, and the Virgin Mother in Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear
Chapter 4 Marian Miracles and the Theatrical Wonder of Antony and Cleopatra, Pericles, and The Winter's Tale
Chapter 101 Afterword