Love's Argument: Gender Relations in Shakespeare

by Marianne Novy

Book Overview

Novy demonstrates how the plays are theatrical transformations of tensions in both ideals and practices in Renaissance society. Analyzing the dramatic images of lover and beloved, of husband and wife, of parent and child, Novy examines the ways in which the conflicts are resolved in the comedies and romances and how they are acted out in the tragedies. Chapters on individual plays provide original interpretations that delineate the tone and texture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807897388
• ISBN13: 9780807897386
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"