Georgopoulou, Xenia. The body as text in Shakespeare's plays : the fashioning of the sexes

Folger bibliographic ID: 263226
Folger call number: PR2991 .G39 2011
Folger holdings ID: 348671

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Sexuality and textuality : an introduction -- The fashioning of the female body : fluidity and the humours -- Intersexual relationships : female body and male self -- The reinstatement of male power : humiliation and punishment -- The vindication of the woman : towards a positive stereotype

Extended title: The body as text in Shakespeare's plays : the fashioning of the sexes / Xenia Georgopoulou ; with a foreword by John Jowett

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Women in literature Human body in literature Man-woman relationships in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Sex differences (Psychology) in literature Patriarchy in literature

author: Georgopoulou, Xenia, 1973-
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616