The Expense of Spirit : Love and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama

The Expense of Spirit Love and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama

A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rose, Mary Beth, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press 2018
[2018]
Materias:
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Love in literature.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Literary form > History > 17th century.
Literary form > History > 16th century.
Women > England > History.
Renaissance > England.
Sex in literature.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Moral Conceptions of Sexual Love in Elizabethan Comedy
  • 2. Sexual Disguise and Social Mobility in Jacobean City Comedy
  • 3. A Waste of Shame: The Heroics of Marriage in English Renaissance Tragedy
  • 4. Transforming Sexuality : Jacobean Tragicomedy and the Reconfiguration of Private Life
  • Index

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