The Usurer's Daughter : Male Friendship and Fictions of Women in 16th Century England

ISBN-13: 9780415050494 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 308 str.

Lorna Hutson

Opis

This text draws upon new historicist and feminist theories to examine Renaissance literature and the cultural impact of the humanist project. This work provides new readings of Shakespeare, taking a new approach to classical scholarship. The focus is on the central importance of the history of the representation of women. The book also examines how social relations between men were textualized during the early modern period.

Recenzje

`A major work of impressive scholarship that many people will find of value.' - Sixteenth Century Journal

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION The signs of friendship Part I Mental husbandry 1 THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUMANISTS 2 ECONOMIES OF FRIENDSHIP The textuality of amicitial Part II Anxieties of textual access 3 FROM ERRANT KNIGHT TO PRUDENT CAPTAIN Masculinity and ‘romantic’ fiction 4 USURERS’ DAUGHTERS AND PRODIGAL SONS The gendered plot of authorship in the 1570s Part III The theatre of clandestine marriage 5 HOUSEHOLD STUFF 6 WHY DO SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN HAVE ‘CHARACTERS’? Shylock: Why this usurer has a daughter

O autorze

Lorna Hutson is a Lecturer in English at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.