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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Named Person: | William Shakespeare; Thomas Middleton; Thomas Middleton; William Shakespeare; Thomas Middleton; Thomas Middleton; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; Thomas Middleton; William Shakespeare; Thomas Middleton |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Celia R Daileader |
ISBN: | 0521623790 9780521623797 |
OCLC Number: | 38067622 |
Description: | xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | 1. Entrances: sex, women, God -- 2. Offstage sex and female desire. I. Middleton: silence and sound. II. Shakespeare: balconies and beds -- 3. Body beneath / body beyond. I. Women in breeches: The Tamer Tamed. II. Breaching Ursula's booth: exteriors, interiors, posteriors -- 4. (Off)Staging the sacred. I. Blood and alabaster: The Duchess of Malfi. II. Sex and the crucifix: The Lady's Tragedy -- 5. Obscene and unseen. I. Middleton: naming of parts. II. Shakespeare: name of the father -- 6. Ejaculations and conclusions: toward an erotic theoretics. |
Series Title: | Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture, 30. |
Responsibility: | Celia R. Daileader. |
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'In this exciting new book, Celia R. Daileader creates a bold and original thesis from her observation that the early modern theatre featured no actual female bodies ... imaginatively invigorates our senses, quickens our intellect and transforms our knowledge.' Mark Thornton Burnett, Theatre Research International Read more...
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