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Revenge in literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Classical literature -- History and criticism.
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European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
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1 online resource (vi, 339 pages) |
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online resource cr |
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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements and Dedication; Introduction: Female Fury and the Masculine Spirit of Vengeance; PART I THE GENDERING OF REVENGE; 1 Why are the Erinyes Female? or, What is so Feminine about Revenge?; 2 Re-marking Revenge in Early Modern Drama; PART II F RIENDS AND FAMILY -- 'REVENGING HOME'; 3 Vengeance and Male Devotion in Laxdæla saga and Njáls saga; 4 'Now I am Medea': Gender, Identity and the Birth of Revenge in Seneca's Medea; 5 The Avenging Daughter in King Lear; 6 'Brother Unkind': Annabella's Heart in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. |
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PART III WOMEN'S WEAPONS7 Cursing-Prayers and Female Vengeance in the Ancient Greek World; 8 'The Power of Our Mouths': Gossip as a Female Mode of Revenge; 9 'Women's Weapons': Education and Female Revenge on the Early Modern Stage; PART IV WOMEN TRANSMOGRIFIED; 10 The Vengeful Lioness in Greek Tragedy: A Posthumanist Perspective; 11 'She's Turned Fury': Women Transmogrified in Revenge Plays; PART V LAMENTATION, GENDER ROLES AND VENGEANCE; 12 A Phrygian Tale of Love and Revenge: Oenone Paridi (Ovid Heroides 5); 13 Lament and Vengeance in the Alliterative Morte Arthure. |
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14 What's Hecuba to Shakespeare?15 'Nursed in Blood': Masculinity and Grief in Marston's Antonio's Revenge; 16 Outfacing Vengeance: Heroic Dying in Webster's The Duchess of Malfi and Ford's The Broken Heart; List of Contributors; Index. |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
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Dawson, Lesel,
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McHardy, Fiona,
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| ISBN |
9781474414104 (electronic book) |
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1474414109 (electronic book) |
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9781474414111 (electronic book) |
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1474414117 (electronic book) |
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1474414095 (hardcover) |
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9781474414098 (hardcover) |
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