A study of tragedies, comedies, romances, and histories, this book examines the dynamic interplay of three concepts—gender, text, and habitat—as metaphors for cross-cultural definition. De Sousa argues that by refashioning stage aliens such as Jews, Moors, Amazons, and gypsies, Shakespeare interroga
Shakespeare’s Cross-Cultural Encounters
✍ Scribed by Geraldo U. de Sousa (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 248
- Category
- Library
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✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
‘The Uttermost Parts of Their Maps’: Frontiers of Gender....Pages 10-39
Joan of Arc, Margaret of Anjou, and the Instability of Gender....Pages 40-67
Textual Encodings in The Merchant of Venice....Pages 68-96
Textual Intersections: Titus Andronicus and Othello....Pages 97-128
Habitat, Race, and Culture in Antony and Cleopatra....Pages 129-158
Cultural Re-encounters in The Tempest....Pages 159-178
Conclusion....Pages 179-183
Back Matter....Pages 184-236
✦ Subjects
Cultural Studies; Early Modern/Renaissance Literature; British and Irish Literature; Theatre History; Poetry and Poetics
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