Constructions of female homoeroticism in early modern drama [[electronic resource] /] / Denise A. Walen
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Walen Denise A
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| Titolo: |
Constructions of female homoeroticism in early modern drama [[electronic resource] /] / Denise A. Walen
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 822/.309353 |
| Soggetto topico: | English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism |
| Homosexuality and literature - England - History - 16th century | |
| Homosexuality and literature - England - History - 17th century | |
| English drama - 17th century - History and criticism | |
| Lesbians in literature | |
| Women in literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-219) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Constructions of female homoeroticism in early modern drama |
| ISBN: | 1-281-36467-3 |
| 9786611364670 | |
| 1-4039-8106-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784132003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Early modern cultural studies.