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Revenge and gender in classical, medieval and Renaissance literature / / edited by Lesel Dawson and Fiona McHardy [[electronic resource]]
| Revenge and gender in classical, medieval and Renaissance literature / / edited by Lesel Dawson and Fiona McHardy [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Dawson Lesel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93353 |
| Collana | Edinburgh scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Revenge in literature
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism Classical literature - History and criticism European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4744-5464-X
1-4744-4950-6 1-4744-1410-9 1-4744-1411-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
List of Figures; Acknowledgements and Dedication; Introduction: Female Fury and the Masculine Spirit of Vengeance; PART I. THE GENDERING OF REVENGE; 1. Why are the Erinyes Female? or, What is so Feminine about Revenge?; 2. Re-marking Revenge in Early Modern Drama; PART II. F RIENDS AND FAMILY -- 'REVENGING HOME'; 3. Vengeance and Male Devotion in Laxdl̆a saga and Njl̀s saga; 4. 'Now I am Medea': Gender, Identity and the Birth of Revenge in Seneca's Medea; 5. The Avenging Daughter in King Lear; 6. 'Brother Unkind': Annabella's Heart in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
PART III. WOMEN'S WEAPONS; 7. Cursing-Prayers and Female Vengeance in the Ancient Greek World; 8. 'The Power of Our Mouths': Gossip as a Female Mode of Revenge; 9. 'Women's Weapons': Education and Female Revenge on the Early Modern Stage; PART IV. WOMEN TRANSMOGRIFIED; 10. The Vengeful Lioness in Greek Tragedy: A Posthumanist Perspective; 11. 'She's Turned Fury': Women Transmogrified in Revenge Plays; PART V. LAMENTATION, GENDER ROLES AND VENGEANCE; 12. A Phrygian Tale of Love and Revenge: Oenone Paridi (Ovid Heroides 5); 13. Lament and Vengeance in the Alliterative Morte Arthure. 14. What's Hecuba to Shakespeare?; 15. 'Nursed in Blood': Masculinity and Grief in Marston's Antonio's Revenge; 16. Outfacing Vengeance: Heroic Dying in Webster's The Duchess of Malfi and Ford's The Broken Heart; List of Contributors; Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796866703321 |
Dawson Lesel
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revenge and gender in classical, medieval and Renaissance literature / / edited by Lesel Dawson and Fiona McHardy [[electronic resource]]
| Revenge and gender in classical, medieval and Renaissance literature / / edited by Lesel Dawson and Fiona McHardy [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Dawson Lesel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93353 |
| Collana | Edinburgh scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Revenge in literature
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism Classical literature - History and criticism European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4744-5464-X
1-4744-4950-6 1-4744-1410-9 1-4744-1411-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
List of Figures; Acknowledgements and Dedication; Introduction: Female Fury and the Masculine Spirit of Vengeance; PART I. THE GENDERING OF REVENGE; 1. Why are the Erinyes Female? or, What is so Feminine about Revenge?; 2. Re-marking Revenge in Early Modern Drama; PART II. F RIENDS AND FAMILY -- 'REVENGING HOME'; 3. Vengeance and Male Devotion in Laxdl̆a saga and Njl̀s saga; 4. 'Now I am Medea': Gender, Identity and the Birth of Revenge in Seneca's Medea; 5. The Avenging Daughter in King Lear; 6. 'Brother Unkind': Annabella's Heart in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
PART III. WOMEN'S WEAPONS; 7. Cursing-Prayers and Female Vengeance in the Ancient Greek World; 8. 'The Power of Our Mouths': Gossip as a Female Mode of Revenge; 9. 'Women's Weapons': Education and Female Revenge on the Early Modern Stage; PART IV. WOMEN TRANSMOGRIFIED; 10. The Vengeful Lioness in Greek Tragedy: A Posthumanist Perspective; 11. 'She's Turned Fury': Women Transmogrified in Revenge Plays; PART V. LAMENTATION, GENDER ROLES AND VENGEANCE; 12. A Phrygian Tale of Love and Revenge: Oenone Paridi (Ovid Heroides 5); 13. Lament and Vengeance in the Alliterative Morte Arthure. 14. What's Hecuba to Shakespeare?; 15. 'Nursed in Blood': Masculinity and Grief in Marston's Antonio's Revenge; 16. Outfacing Vengeance: Heroic Dying in Webster's The Duchess of Malfi and Ford's The Broken Heart; List of Contributors; Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823104103321 |
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Dawson Lesel
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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