03496nam 2200745Ia 450 991045084880332120200520144314.01-281-36467-397866113646701-4039-8106-X10.1057/9781403981066(CKB)1000000000342745(EBL)307693(OCoLC)314828727(SSID)ssj0000129396(PQKBManifestationID)11145846(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129396(PQKBWorkID)10079223(PQKB)11401209(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8106-6(MiAaPQ)EBC307693(Au-PeEL)EBL307693(CaPaEBR)ebr10135392(CaONFJC)MIL136467(EXLCZ)99100000000034274520050511d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConstructions of female homoeroticism in early modern drama[electronic resource] /Denise A. Walen1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (241 p.)Early modern cultural studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-53086-7 1-4039-6875-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-219) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Eidolic Lesbian in Early Modern England; 2 Playfully Emergent Lesbian Erotics; 3 Anxiously Emergent Lesbian Erotics; 4 Predatory Lesbian Erotics; 5 Utopian Lesbian Erotics; Conclusion; Appendix: List of Plays; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book explores representations of love and desire between female characters in nearly seventy plays written between 1580 and 1660. The work argues that playwrights of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England recognized and constructed richly diverse tropes of female homoerotic desire. Writers place female characters in erotic situations with other female characters in playful scenarios of mistaken identity, in anxious moments of amorous intrigue, in predatory situations and in enthusiastic, utopian representations of romantic love. These plays indicate an awareness of female homoeroticism in early modern England and belie statements that literary evidence of homosexuality was concerned primarily with men.Early modern cultural studies.English dramaEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600History and criticismHomosexuality and literatureEnglandHistory16th centuryHomosexuality and literatureEnglandHistory17th centuryEnglish drama17th centuryHistory and criticismLesbians in literatureWomen in literatureElectronic books.English dramaHistory and criticism.Homosexuality and literatureHistoryHomosexuality and literatureHistoryEnglish dramaHistory and criticism.Lesbians in literature.Women in literature.822/.309353Walen Denise A966552MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450848803321Constructions of female homoeroticism in early modern drama2193565UNINA