Explores the representation of revenge from Classical to early modern literature This collection explores a range of literary and historical texts from ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Iceland and medieval and early modern England to provide an understanding of wider historical continuities and discontinuities in representations of gender and revenge.It brings together approaches from literary criticism, gender theory, feminism, drama, philosophy and ethics to allow greater discussion between these subjects and across historical periods and to provide a more complex and nuanced understanding of the ways in which ideas about gender and revenge interrelate. Key features:The coverage, from classical through to renaissance literature, gives a sense of how the revenge motifs work over time with gender in mind It will appeal to a wide readership including those working in classics; medieval and renaissance literature; gender studies; revenge and revenge tragedy; the intertextual relations between ancient, medieval and early modern texts It considers what constitutes the literary revenge tragedy tradition, suggesting points of continuity and difference as well as rethinking the parameters of the genre Contributors include Edith Hall, Alison Findlay and Janet Clare
Lesel Dawson & Fiona McHardy
Revenge and Gender in Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature [PDF ebook]
Revenge and Gender in Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature [PDF ebook]
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Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9781474414104 ● Redaktor Lesel Dawson & Fiona McHardy ● Wydawca Edinburgh University Press ● Opublikowany 2018 ● Do pobrania 3 czasy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 9217325 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM
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