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- catalog abstract ""The question of selfhood in Renaissance texts constitutes a scholarly and critical debate of almost unmanageable proportions. The author of this work begins by questioning the strategies with which male writers depict powerful women. Although Spenser's Britomart, Shakespeare's Cleopatra, and Milton's Eve figure selfhood very differently and to very different ends, they do have two significant elements in common: mirrors and transformations that diminish the power of the female self." "Rather than arguing that the use of the mirror device reveals a consciously articulated theory of representation, the author suggests that its significance resides in the fact that three authors with three very different views of women's identity and power, writing in three significantly different cultural and historical sets of circumstances, have used the construct of the mirror as a means of problematizing both the power and the identify of their female figures' sense of self."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10877271.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""The question of selfhood in Renaissance texts constitutes a scholarly and critical debate of almost unmanageable proportions. The author of this work begins by questioning the strategies with which male writers depict powerful women. Although Spenser's Britomart, Shakespeare's Cleopatra, and Milton's Eve figure selfhood very differently and to very different ends, they do have two significant elements in common: mirrors and transformations that diminish the power of the female self." "Rather than arguing that the use of the mirror device reveals a consciously articulated theory of representation, the author suggests that its significance resides in the fact that three authors with three very different views of women's identity and power, writing in three significantly different cultural and historical sets of circumstances, have used the construct of the mirror as a means of problematizing both the power and the identify of their female figures' sense of self."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-232) and index.".
- catalog description "ch. 1. Construction and recognition of a female self -- ch. 2. Chiasmus of perception -- ch. 3. Elizabeth is Britomart is Elizabeth: this Sex which is not won -- ch. 4. Cleopatra: the tain of the mirror -- ch. 5. Eve: the first reflection -- ch. 6. Mirrors of Medusa.".
- catalog extent "236 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Medusa's mirrors.".
- catalog identifier "0874136253 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Medusa's mirrors.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Medusa's mirrors.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "820.9/352042 21".
- catalog subject "English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Femininity in literature.".
- catalog subject "Metamorphosis in literature.".
- catalog subject "Milton, John, 1608-1674 Characters Women.".
- catalog subject "PR429.W64 W35 1998".
- catalog subject "Renaissance England.".
- catalog subject "Self in literature.".
- catalog subject "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters Women.".
- catalog subject "Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 Characters Women.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "ch. 1. Construction and recognition of a female self -- ch. 2. Chiasmus of perception -- ch. 3. Elizabeth is Britomart is Elizabeth: this Sex which is not won -- ch. 4. Cleopatra: the tain of the mirror -- ch. 5. Eve: the first reflection -- ch. 6. Mirrors of Medusa.".
- catalog title "Medusa's mirrors : Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and the metamorphosis of the female self / Julia M. Walker.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".