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Constructions of Female Homoeroticism in Early Modern Drama
Denise Walen
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Hardback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 5SL; DD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
This book explores representations of love and desire between female characters in nearly seventy plays written between 1580 and 1660. The work argues that playwrights of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England recognized and constructed richly diverse tropes of female homoerotic desire. Writers place female characters in erotic situations with other female characters in playful scenarios of mistaken identity, in anxious moments of amorous intrigue, in predatory situations and in enthusiastic, utopian representations of romantic love. These plays indicate an awareness of female homoeroticism in early modern England and belie statements that literary evidence of homosexuality was concerned primarily with ... Read more
This book explores representations of love and desire between female characters in nearly seventy plays written between 1580 and 1660. The work argues that playwrights of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England recognized and constructed richly diverse tropes of female homoerotic desire. Writers place female characters in erotic situations with other female characters in playful scenarios of mistaken identity, in anxious moments of amorous intrigue, in predatory situations and in enthusiastic, utopian representations of romantic love. These plays indicate an awareness of female homoeroticism in early modern England and belie statements that literary evidence of homosexuality was concerned primarily with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Cultural Studies Series
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403968753
SKU
V9781403968753
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About Denise Walen
DENISE WALEN is Associate Professor of Drama at Vassar College, USA.
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