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Autore |
Gay Penny <1945, > |
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Titolo |
As she likes it : Shakespeare's unruly women / / Penny Gay |
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London : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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1-134-86236-9 |
1-134-86237-7 |
1-280-33840-7 |
9786610338405 |
0-203-30301-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminism and literature - England - History - 16th century |
Feminism and literature - England - History - 17th century |
Women and literature - England - History - 16th century |
Women and literature - England - History - 17th century |
Gender identity in literature |
Sex role in literature |
Women in literature |
Comedy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; TWELFTH NIGHT Desire and its discontents; AS YOU LIKE IT Who's who in the greenwood; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Avoiding the feminist challenge; MEASURE FOR MEASURE Sex and power in a patriarchal society; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING A kind of merry war; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As She Likes It is the first attempt to tackle head on the enduring question of how to perform those unruly women at the centre of Shakespeare's comedies. Unique amongst both Shakespearian and feminist studies, As She Likes It asks how gender politics affects the production to the comedies, and how gender is represented, both in the text and on the stage. Penny Gay takes a fascinating look at the way |
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