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catalog abstract "This book proceeds from the assumption that Shakespeare, so often perceived as the one writer who appears to have transcended the limits of gender, inevitably writes from the perspective of his own gender. From this perspective, whatever represents the Self is necessarily male; and the Other, which challenges the Self, is female. The author's approach gives us a fresh understanding of both Shakespeare's characters and the structure of the plays. The author defines genre in terms of the nature of the challenge offered by the Other to the Self. Using specific plays and characters of Shakespeare, the author shows how in tragedy the Other betrays or appears to betray the Self; in comedy the Other evades the social hierarchies dominated by versions of the male Self; in romance the Other comes and goes, leaving the Self bereft when she is gone and astounding him with happiness when she reappears. History is defined as a genre in which the masculine heroes confront no challenge from the Other but only from each other, from other versions of the Self. The book consists of a long theoretical introduction followed by chapters on comedy, history, and some individual plays: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Coriolanus, and The Tempest.".
catalog contributor b1199978.
catalog created "1982.".
catalog date "1982".
catalog date "1982.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1982.".
catalog description "Comic women, tragic men -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Hamlet -- Macbeth and Coriolanus -- The comic heroine and the avoidance of choice -- 1 Henry VI to Henry V: toward tragedy -- After tragedy: The Tempest.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog description "This book proceeds from the assumption that Shakespeare, so often perceived as the one writer who appears to have transcended the limits of gender, inevitably writes from the perspective of his own gender. From this perspective, whatever represents the Self is necessarily male; and the Other, which challenges the Self, is female. The author's approach gives us a fresh understanding of both Shakespeare's characters and the structure of the plays. The author defines genre in terms of the nature of the challenge offered by the Other to the Self. Using specific plays and characters of Shakespeare, the author shows how in tragedy the Other betrays or appears to betray the Self; in comedy the Other evades the social hierarchies dominated by versions of the male Self; in romance the Other comes and goes, leaving the Self bereft when she is gone and astounding him with happiness when she reappears. History is defined as a genre in which the masculine heroes confront no challenge from the Other but only from each other, from other versions of the Self. The book consists of a long theoretical introduction followed by chapters on comedy, history, and some individual plays: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Coriolanus, and The Tempest.".
catalog extent "211 p. ;".
catalog identifier "0804711267".
catalog issued "1982".
catalog issued "1982.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
catalog subject "Gender identity in literature.".
catalog subject "Literary form History 16th century.".
catalog subject "Literary form History 17th century.".
catalog subject "Literary form.".
catalog subject "PR2989 .B3 1982".
catalog subject "Self in literature.".
catalog subject "Sex role in literature.".
catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters.".
catalog tableOfContents "Comic women, tragic men -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Hamlet -- Macbeth and Coriolanus -- The comic heroine and the avoidance of choice -- 1 Henry VI to Henry V: toward tragedy -- After tragedy: The Tempest.".
catalog title "Comic women, tragic men : a study of gender and genre in Shakespeare / Linda Bamber.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".