Women and revenge in Shakespeare : gender, genre, and ethics / Marguerite A. Tassi.

Author/creator Tassi, Marguerite A., 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoSelinsgrove [Pa.] : Susquehanna University Press, ©2011.
Description344 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters. --Women.
Revenge in literature.
Women in literature.

Contents Women and revenge: some literary, iconographic, and intellectual foundations -- Valorous tongues, lamenting voices: the expressive ethics of female inciters in Shakespeare's plays -- Reporting the women's causes aright: wounded names and revenge narratives in Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, and Much ado about nothing -- Hecuba's legacy: wounded maternity and vengeance in the First tetralogy and Titus Andronicus -- "Revenging home": Cordelia and the virtue of vengeance -- Twelfth night, or what Maria wills -- Feminine vindication and the social drama of revenge in The merry wives of Windsor -- The quality of revenge: debt, reciprocity, and Portia's "vantage" in The merchant of Venice -- Women's gall, women's grace: female friendship, moral rebuke, and the vindictive passions.
Local noteLittle-359646--305131065381-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010038144
ISBN9781575911311 (alk. paper)
ISBN1575911310 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR2991 .T37 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold