Shakespeare's Heroines

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Broadview Press, 26 sep 2005 - 464 pagina's

First published in 1832, Shakespeare’s Heroines is a unique hybrid of Shakespeare criticism, women’s rights activism, and conduct literature. Jameson’s collection of readings of female characters includes praise for unexpected role models as varied as Portia, Cleopatra, and Lady Macbeth; her interpretations of these and other characters portray intellect, passion, political ambition, and eroticism as acceptable aspects of women’s behaviour. This inventive work of literary criticism addresses the problems of women’s education and participation in public life while also providing insightful, original, and entertaining readings of Shakespeare’s women.

This Broadview Edition includes a critical introduction that places Shakespeare’s Heroines in the context of Jameson’s literary career and political life. Appendices include personal correspondence and other literary and political writings by Jameson, examples of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Shakespeare criticism, and selections from Victorian conduct books.

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Inhoudsopgave

Acknowledgements
7
A Brief Chronology
38
Portias Palace on the Adriatic p
74
Counsellor Cupid p
92
Isabella p
98
The Perroquitos p 117
117
Juliet in the Balcony p 124
124
The Tomb of the Capulet p 149
149
Love and Vanity p 163
163
Viola p 170
170
Ophelia and the Fates p 188
188
Jamesons Writing on Women Work
380
Jamesons Correspondence
409
Contemporary Reviews of Characteristics
419
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Cheri L. Larsen Hoeckley is an Associate Professor of English at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.

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