Barker, Roberta.

Early modern tragedy, gender and performance, 1984-2000 the destined livery / [[Book] :] Roberta Barker. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. - 237 p ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the destined livery?: tragedy, performance, subject and spectator -- Part I. Realism and reinscription: What we are, but not what we may be: the feminist Ophelia and the reproduction of gender; An actor in the main of all: individual and relational selves in The Duchess of Malfi; The natural father and the imaginary daughter: patriarchy as realism and representation in Titus -- Part II. Performance and performativity: "Let me forget myself": what a queen is good for in Edward II; Death and the married maiden: gender reproduction as destruction in The broken heart ; Tricked like a bride: a new traffic in A woman killed with kindness.

All age.

140399479X


English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
English drama--History and criticism.--17th century
Gender identity in the theater.
Sex role in the theater.
Feminism and theater--History--20th century.
Theater--History--20th century.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Gender identity in motion pictures.

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