Between Two Spheres of Authority. The Interregna of Shakespearean Heroines. Thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Arts

[SHAKESPEARE, William] CARTER, Pauline Frances

Verlag: The Author, [Adelaide], 1986

[Adelaide], The Author, December 1986. Foolscap folio, [vii], 303 pages of processed typescript (printed rectos only). Binder's cloth a little scuffed; covers and edges a little marked; a very good copy. The theseis looks at 'Shakespeare's approach to Renaissance thinking on a number of matters relating to women . considering the disparity between, on the one hand, the idea that, during the Renaissance, daughters moved directly from the sphere of their father's authority to the sphere of their husband's authority, and on the other hand, Shakespeare's repeated use of the interregnum - a period between these two spheres of authority. It goes on to look at occurrence in the plays of conflict between father and daughter over the choice of husband; commodity valuation of daughters; aggression by fathers; the relationship between authority and protection; necessity of rebellion; filial obedience; vulnerability of women; the use of disguise; the nature of women; submission to a husband or to death, according to genre; subordination of wives; the desire of the heroines to end their interregna' (from the author's summary). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 135374

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Titel: Between Two Spheres of Authority. The ...
Verlag: The Author, [Adelaide]
Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: First Edition.