Masculinity was a political issue in early modern England. Phrases
such as 'courage-masculine' or 'manly virtue' took on a special
meaning and signified commitment to the ideals of militant
Protestantism. Diplomacy and compromise were disparaged as
'feminine'. Shakespeare on Masculinity is an original study of the
way Shakespeare's plays engage with this ideal and a subject that
provoked bitter public dispute. Robin Headlam Wells argues that
Shakespeare took a sceptical view of the militant-Protestant cult
of heroic masculinity. Following a series of portraits of the
dangerously charismatic warrior-hero, Shakespeare turned at the end
of his writing career to a different kind of leader. If the heroes
of the martial tragedies evoke a Herculean ideal of manhood, The
Tempest portrays a ruler who, Orpheus-like, uses the arts of
civilization to bring peace to a divided world. Other plays
receiving close readings include Henry V, Troilus and Cressida,
Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and Coriolanus.
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