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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Other Authors: Rose, Mary Beth, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press 2018
[2018]
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Summary: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 period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 pages)
ISBN:9781501728105
9781501723247