Time and Gender on the Shakespearean Stage

ISBN-13: 9781108820271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 287 str.

Sarah (King's College London) Lewis

Opis

An original study of the ways in which temporal concepts and gendered identities intersect in early modern theatre and culture.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Virtuous delay: the enduring patient wife; 2. Transgressive action: the impatient prodigal husband; 3. Waiting and taking: the temporally conflicted revenger; 4. The delay's the thing: patience, prodigality and revenge in Hamlet; Conclusion. Echoes.