Bibliograph

Women of will, following the feminine in Shakespeare's plays, Tina Packer

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Women of will, following the feminine in Shakespeare's plays, Tina Packer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women of will

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881720291

Responsibility statement

Tina Packer

Sub title

following the feminine in Shakespeare's plays

Table Of Contents

Warrior women : violence to negotiation. Understanding the structure : form and content ; Which came first ; The comedies ; Joan ; Margaret ; Elizabeth ; The drive to make plays ; An interlude. The Plague years -- The sexual merges with the spiritual : new knowledge. Romeo and Juliet : An interlude. Mediations on Shakespeare's use of the soul ; Troilus and Cressida ; Antony and Cleopatra ; The women who follow Juliet ; Benedick's choice : Beatrice ; An interlude. Dealing with loss : lamentation versus honor -- Living underground or dying to tell the truth. An interlude. Switching genders ; Overview of the progression of the cross-dressers ; Rosalind and 1599 ; Dying to tell the truth : Ophelia, Desdemona, Cordelia ; Measure for measure ; Twelfth night ; Descent of Shakespeare's psyche : All's well that ends well ; An interlude. Language in the body -- Chaos is come again : the lion eats the wolf. Overview : Hamlet leading into Macbeth ; Goneril and Regan ; Volumnia ; Timon of Athens ; An interlude. Creativity -- The maiden phoenix : the daughter redeems the father. Coming full-circle ; Pericles ; Cymbeline ; The winter's tale ; The tempest ; All is true : Henry VIII

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