Masculinity and Marian Efficacy in Shakespeare's England (Hardcover, New edition)

Masculinity and Marian Efficacy in Shakespeare's England offers a new approach to evaluating the psychological 'loss' of the Virgin Mary in post-Reformation England by illustrating how, in the wake of Mary's demotion, re-inscriptions of her roles and meanings only proliferated, seizing hold of national imagination and resulting in new configurations of masculinity. The author surveys the early modern cultural and literary response to Mary's marginalization, and argues that Shakespeare employs both Roman Catholic and post-Reformation views of Marian strength not only to scrutinize cultural perceptions of masculinity, but also to offer his audience new avenues of exploring both religious and gendered subjectivity. By deploying Mary's symbolic valence to infuse certain characters, and dramatic situations with feminine potency, Espinosa analyzes how Shakespeare draws attention to the Virgin Mary as an alternative to an otherwise unilaterally masculine outlook on salvation and gendered identity formation.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Ruben Espinosa
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	206
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4094-0116-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare plays, texts Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4094-0116-2
Barcode:	9781409401162

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