Shakespearean Criticism

Feminist Criticism | Further Reading

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CRITICISM

Dusinberre, Juliet. Shakespeare and the Nature of Women. London: Macmillan, 1975, 329 p.

Studies Shakespeare's treatment of chastity, gender equality, idolatry, and issues of femininity and masculinity from a feminist perspective.

Jardine, Lisa. Still Harping on Daughters: Women and Drama in the Age of Shakespeare. Sussex: Harvester Press, 1983, 202 p.

Analyzes the treatment of Elizabethan women in society, drama, and literature from a feminist perspective.

Levine, Laura. “Rape, Repetition, and the Politics of Closure in A Midsummer Night's Dream.” In Feminist Readings of Early Modern Culture: Emerging Subjects, edited by Valerie Traub, M. Lindsay Kaplan, and Dympna Callaghan, pp. 210-28. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Argues that Shakespeare's Theseus, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, uses theater as a means of transforming...

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