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UNINA9910792037803321 |
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Ward Allyna E |
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Women and Tudor tragedy [[electronic resource] ] : feminizing counsel and representing gender / / Allyna E. Ward |
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Madison, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
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Lanham, Maryland, : Co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2013 |
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1-299-28888-X |
1-61147-602-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism |
Women in literature |
English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism |
Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 16th century |
Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603 |
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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 and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Introduction; Chapter One: History, Religion, and Culture; Chapter Two: Political Women and Dramatic Representation; Chapter Three: Seneca and Female Power; Chapter Four: Tyrants and Counselors; Chapter Five: Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Women and Tudor Tragedy explores the interconnected relationships of women as writers, dramatic characters, and political participants in Tudor England to reveal the importance of these to the understanding of women's place in English culture, political, and religious life. |
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UNINA9910825305603321 |
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End of empire and the English novel since 1945 / / edited by Rachael Gilmour and Bill Schwarz |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
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©2011 |
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1-78499-179-1 |
1-78499-178-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 243 pages) : digital file(s) |
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English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Imperialism in literature |
Decolonization in literature |
Literature |
Literary Studies: From C 1900 - |
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Ireland |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Monografia |
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Originally published: 2011. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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END OF EMPIRE and the English novel since 1945; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction: End of empire and the English novel: Bill Schwarz; 1. The road to Airstrip One: Anglo-American attitudes in the English fiction of mid-century: Patrick Parrinder; 2. Josephine Tey and her descendants: conservative modernity and the female crime novel: Cora Kaplan; 3. Colonial fiction for liberal readers: John Masters and the Savage family saga: Richard Steadman-Jones |
4. The entropy of Englishness: reading empire's absence in the novels of William Golding: Rachael Gilmour 5. The empire of romance: love in a postcolonial climate: Deborah Philips; 6. Passage from Kinjanja to Pimlico: William Boyd's comedy of imperial decline: Michael L. Ross; 7. Unlearning empire: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger: Huw Marsh; 8. 'I am not the British Isles on two legs': travel fiction and travelling fiction |
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from D.H. Lawrence to Tim Parks: Suzanne Hobson; 9. Queer histories and postcolonial intimacies in Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty: Sarah Brophy |
10. The return of the native: Pat Barker, David Peace and the regional novel after empire: James Procter11. Saturday's Enlightenment: David Alderson; Afterword: The English novel and the world: Elleke Boehmer |
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The first book-length critical work devoted to the impact of the end of empire, this book traces imperial memory in mainstream English literature since the Second World War. Authors studied include Josephine Tey, William Golding, Penelope Lively, David Peace and Ian McEwan. |
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