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oapen-20.500.12657-641232023-07-28T03:03:40Z Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender Garner, Shirley Sprengnether, Madelon literary criticism social science history cultural studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups These essays mount a powerful critique of the tragic hero as representative of the errors and sufferings of humankind. From a variety of critical perspectives—including feminist new historicism, psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, and autobiographical criticism—authors examine Shakespeare’s construction of tragic subjectivity, the location of women in the scene of tragic action, and the social discourses that combine to elevate the hero’s status while marginalizing, silencing, or eliminating female authority and presence. While considering Shakespeare’s earliest attempts at tragedy in Richard III and Titus Andronicus, this volume also covers the major tragic period, giving special attention to Othello. 2023-07-27T13:56:53Z 2023-07-27T13:56:53Z 1996 book ONIX_20230727_9780253069047_17 9780253069047 9780253329646 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64123 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9780253069047.pdf Indiana University Press 10.2979/ShakespeareanTragedy 10.2979/ShakespeareanTragedy 5f90e44a-efe0-444f-a425-6108254c58c7 b5941080-3f20-4864-95c6-753acff7c9f4 9780253069047 9780253329646 Big Ten Open Books Bloomington [...] Big Ten Open Books Big Ten Open Books — Gender and Sexuality Studies Collection Big Ten Academic Alliance open access
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These essays mount a powerful critique of the tragic hero as representative of the errors and sufferings of humankind. From a variety of critical perspectives—including feminist new historicism, psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, and autobiographical criticism—authors examine Shakespeare’s construction of tragic subjectivity, the location of women in the scene of tragic action, and the social discourses that combine to elevate the hero’s status while marginalizing, silencing, or eliminating female authority and presence. While considering Shakespeare’s earliest attempts at tragedy in Richard III and Titus Andronicus, this volume also covers the major tragic period, giving special attention to Othello.
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