This book brings the ideas of French feminist Hélène Cixous to bear on a number of Early Modern English texts. The female characters of Mariam from Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam, Lavinia from William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus as well as John Milton’s Eve in Paradise Lost and the poetic voice of Isabella Whitney are investigated through the application of Cixous’s theories of figurative decapitation and disgorgement. The author examines the creation of a unique discourse through the blending of what is stereotypically referred to as “female text” with “male discourse, ” which results in what Cixous would call “bisexual discourse.”
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 180 ● ISBN 9783838256054 ● File size 1.1 MB ● Publisher ibidem ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2470184 ● Copy protection Social DRM