Women in Shakespeare : a dictionary

✍ Scribed by Findlay, Alison; Shakespeare, William

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic;Continuum
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 563
• Series: Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare and women. An A-Z of over 350 entries explores the role of women within Shakespearean drama, how women were represented on the Shakespearean stage, and the role of women in Shakespeare's personal and professional lives. Women in Shakespeare examines in detail the language employed by Shakespeare in his representation of women in the full range of his poetry and plays and the implications these representations have for the position of women in Elizabethan and Jacobean society. Women in Shakespeare is an ideal guide to Shakespeare's women for all students and scholars of Shakespeare

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Series editor's Preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Abbreviations
Introduction
Dictionary A-Z entries
Bibliography
Index.

✦ Subjects

Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Women -- Dictionaries. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Language -- Glossaries, etc. Women in literature -- Dictionaries. DRAMA / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Language and languages. Women in literature.