The Female Hero in English Renaissance Tragedy |
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| Author:
| Hopkins, Lisa |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-42539-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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This book focuses on female tragic heroes in England from c.1610 to c.1645. Their sudden appearance can be linked to changing ideas about the relationships between bodies and souls; men's bodies and women's; marriage and mothering; the law; and religion. Though the vast majority of these characters are closer to villainesses than heroines, these plays, by showing how misogyny affected the lives of their central characters, did not merely reflect their culture, but also changed it.
This book focuses on female tragic heroes in England from c.1610 to c.1645. Their sudden appearance can be linked to changing ideas about the relationships between bodies and souls; men's bodies and women's; marriage and mothering; the law; and religion. Though the vast majority of these characters are closer to villainesses than heroines, these plays, by showing how misogyny affected the lives of their central characters, did not merely reflect their culture, but also changed it.