Items related to The Female Tragic Hero in English Renaissance Drama

The Female Tragic Hero in English Renaissance Drama - Softcover

 
9781349621507: The Female Tragic Hero in English Renaissance Drama
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
This book constitutes a new direction for feminist studies in English Renaissance drama. While feminist scholars have long celebrated heroic females in comedies, many have overlooked female tragic heroism, reading it instead as evidence of pervasive misogyny on the part of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Displacing prevailing arguments of "victim feminism," the contributors to this volume engage a wide range of feminist theories, and argue that female protagonists in tragedies - Jocasta, Juliet, Cleopatra, Mariam, Webster's Duchess and White Devil, among others - are heroic in precisely the same ways as their more notorious masculine counterparts.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
Naomi Conn Liebler is Professor of English and Distinguished Scholar at Montclair State University. She is author of Shakespeare’s Festive Tragedy: The Ritual Foundations of Genre.
Review:

"I welcome this exhilarating collection which restores the female tragic protagonist to her rightful place as hero. By asserting resemblances as well as differences between women and men, desire and virtue, private and public, authors and audiences, victims and heroes, the volume compellingly challenges longstanding assumptions. The strong voices of the wonderful introduction and the individual essays collectively reframe our understanding of Renaissance tragedy by drawing on old and new contexts in startling ways: Greek tragedy, visual arts, Neoplatonic humanism, Attic and near eastern mythology, medieval morality plays, Morris dancing. The book is essential reading for scholars, students, and playgoers." - - Carol Thomas Neely, Professor of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"If, as Naomi Conn Liebler says, tragedy tells the tale of a culture in crisis , this book retells some of the most compelling tales of early modern culture from a feminine perspective. In this set of diverse, scholarly, and vigorously political essays, Renaissance tragic drama is explored as a site of gendered struggle, resistance, and challenge. The Female Tragic Hero in English Renaissance Drama powerfully demonstrates how attending to female agency can revise our understandings of cultures and their crises." - - Kate Chedgzoy, Professor of Renaissance Literature, University of Newcastle

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 1349621501
  • ISBN 13 9781349621507
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages252
  • EditorLiebler N.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780312220594: The Female Tragic Hero in English Renaissance Drama

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780312220594
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2002
Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Seller Image

Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Soft Cover Quantity: 1
Seller:
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781349621507

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 55.22
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Lucky's Textbooks
(Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2411530084625

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 58.91
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

N. Liebler
Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Print on Demand
Seller:
Ria Christie Collections
(Uxbridge, United Kingdom)

Book Description Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Seller Inventory # ria9781349621507_lsuk

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 66.18
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 12.59
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

N. Liebler
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Taschenbuch Quantity: 2
Print on Demand
Seller:
BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K.
(Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)

Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes a new direction for feminist studies in English Renaissance drama. While feminist scholars have long celebrated heroic females in comedies, many have overlooked female tragic heroism, reading it instead as evidence of pervasive misogyny on the part of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Displacing prevailing arguments of 'victim feminism,' the contributors to this volume engage a wide range of feminist theories, and argue that female protagonists in tragedies - Jocasta, Juliet, Cleopatra, Mariam, Webster's Duchess and White Devil, among others - are heroic in precisely the same ways as their more notorious masculine counterparts. 256 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9781349621507

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 59.57
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 24.87
From Germany to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Naomi Conn Liebler
Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Paperback / softback Quantity: > 20
Print on Demand
Seller:
THE SAINT BOOKSTORE
(Southport, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9781349621507

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 73.19
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 11.29
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Liebler, N. (Editor)
Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2014)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Paperback Quantity: 2
Seller:
Revaluation Books
(Exeter, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 242 pages. 8.50x5.51x0.58 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-1349621501

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 73.80
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 12.62
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Ed(s): Liebler, Naomi Conn
Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Softcover Quantity: 15
Seller:

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # V9781349621507

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 82.07
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 11.35
From Ireland to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

N. Liebler
Published by Palgrave Macmillan US (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Taschenbuch Quantity: 1
Print on Demand
Seller:
AHA-BUCH GmbH
(Einbeck, Germany)

Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book constitutes a new direction for feminist studies in English Renaissance drama. While feminist scholars have long celebrated heroic females in comedies, many have overlooked female tragic heroism, reading it instead as evidence of pervasive misogyny on the part of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Displacing prevailing arguments of 'victim feminism,' the contributors to this volume engage a wide range of feminist theories, and argue that female protagonists in tragedies - Jocasta, Juliet, Cleopatra, Mariam, Webster's Duchess and White Devil, among others - are heroic in precisely the same ways as their more notorious masculine counterparts. Seller Inventory # 9781349621507

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 62.87
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 35.67
From Germany to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Liebler, N.
Published by Palgrave Macmillan US (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Softcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
moluna
(Greven, Germany)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 385692806

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 54.28
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 52.97
From Germany to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Ed(s): Liebler, Naomi Conn
Published by Palgrave Macmillan (2002)
ISBN 10: 1349621501 ISBN 13: 9781349621507
New Softcover Quantity: 15
Seller:
Kennys Bookstore
(Olney, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # V9781349621507

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 98.63
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 10.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds