Shakespeare's Feminine Endings - Disfiguring Death in the Tragedies (Hardcover)

In this text, the author Philippa Berry rewrites critical perceptions of death in Shakespeare's tragedies from a feminist perspective. Drawing on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, Berry challenges existing critical notions of what is "fundamental" to Shakespearean tragedy. She argues that there is a figurative rejection of death as terminus, which owes more to pagan thought than Christian. Through a close reading of the main tragedies, Berry discovers a sensuous and meditative Shakespearean discourse of materialism. Her theoretical and textual insights into the properties of matter, time, the soul, and the body now have relevance to contemporary debates about time and matter in science and philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Feminist Readings of Shakespeare
Release date:	August 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Philippa Berry
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-06894-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-415-06894-0
Barcode:	9780415068949

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