Early modern tragedy, gender and performance, 1984-2000 the destined livery - Barker, Roberta (New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
All age.
Keywords: English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism; 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