Phyllis Rackin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1001971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phyllis Rackin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phyllis |
| FAMILY NAME | Rackin |
| SIGNATURE | RACKIN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | California University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Stronger than we thought: Revisionist studies in women's history
Engendering a Nation
Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include: * King John* Henry VI, Part I* Henry VI, Part II* Henry, Part III* Richard III* Richard II* Henry V. It will be a must for students and scholars interested in the cultural and social implications of Shakespeare today
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
Engendering a Nation: A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories
Part I: Making Gender Visible: A Re-Viewing of Shakespeare's History Plays 1. Thoroughly Modern Henry 2. The History Play in Shakespeare's Time 3. Feminism, Women, and the Shakespearean History Play 4. The Theater as Institution Notes. Part II: Weak Kings, Warrior Women, and the Assault on Dynastic Authority: The First Tetralogy and King John 1. Henry VI, Part I 2. Henry VI, Part II 3. Henry VI, Part III 4. Richard III 5. King John. Notes. Part I…
As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women
Penny Gay. As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women. (Gender In Performance Series, eds. Susan Bassnett and Tracy C. Davis.) London and New York: Routledge, 1994. 19 pls. + xii + 208 pp. 16.95 paper. - Michael Shapiro. Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Female Pages. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994. viii + 282 pp. $37.50 cloth. - Volume 49 Issue 2
Fashioning Femininity and English Renaissance Drama
Karen Newman. Fashioning Femininity and English Renaissance Drama. (Women in Culture and Society Series. Ed. Catherine R. Stimpson.) Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991. 10 pls. + xx + 182 pp. 11.95 paper. - Volume 46 Issue 2
Shakespeare's America, America's Shakespeare
Androgyny, Mimesis, and the Marriage of the Boy Heroine on the English Renaissance Stage
Changing conceptions of gender and of theatrical mimesis can be seen in the representations of transvestite heroines on the English Renaissance stage. This paper compares their roles in five comedies: Lyly's Gallathea ; Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, As You Like It , and Twelfth Night ; and Jonson's Epicoene. In each play the plot centers on marriage, the bride-to-be wears transvestite disguise, and the disguise plays a crucial role in the plo…
Domination and Defiance: Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare
Anti-Historians: Women's Roles in Shakespeare's Histories
No woman is the protagonist in a Shakespearean history play. Renaissance gender role definitions prescribed silence as a feminine virtue, and Renaissance sexual mythology associated the feminine with body and matter as opposed to masculine intellect and spirit. Renaissance historiography constituted a masculine tradition, written by men, devoted to the deeds of men, glorifying the masculine virtues of courage, honor, and patriotism, and dedicated…
Woman and the Devil in Sixteenth-Century Literature
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Engendering a Nation
Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include: * King John* Henry VI, Part I* Henry VI, Part II* Henry, Part III* Richard III* Richard II* Henry V. It will be a must for students and scholars interested in the cultural and social implications of Shakespeare today
Shakespeare's America, America's Shakespeare
Domination and Defiance: Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare
Anti-Historians: Women's Roles in Shakespeare's Histories
No woman is the protagonist in a Shakespearean history play. Renaissance gender role definitions prescribed silence as a feminine virtue, and Renaissance sexual mythology associated the feminine with body and matter as opposed to masculine intellect and spirit. Renaissance historiography constituted a masculine tradition, written by men, devoted to the deeds of men, glorifying the masculine virtues of courage, honor, and patriotism, and dedicated…
Woman and the Devil in Sixteenth-Century Literature
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Anti-Historians: Women's Roles in Shakespeare's Histories
No woman is the protagonist in a Shakespearean history play. Renaissance gender role definitions prescribed silence as a feminine virtue, and Renaissance sexual mythology associated the feminine with body and matter as opposed to masculine intellect and spirit. Renaissance historiography constituted a masculine tradition, written by men, devoted to the deeds of men, glorifying the masculine virtues of courage, honor, and patriotism, and dedicated…
Domination and Defiance: Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare
Androgyny, Mimesis, and the Marriage of the Boy Heroine on the English Renaissance Stage
Changing conceptions of gender and of theatrical mimesis can be seen in the representations of transvestite heroines on the English Renaissance stage. This paper compares their roles in five comedies: Lyly's Gallathea ; Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, As You Like It , and Twelfth Night ; and Jonson's Epicoene. In each play the plot centers on marriage, the bride-to-be wears transvestite disguise, and the disguise plays a crucial role in the plo…
Shakespeare's America, America's Shakespeare
Fashioning Femininity and English Renaissance Drama
Karen Newman. Fashioning Femininity and English Renaissance Drama. (Women in Culture and Society Series. Ed. Catherine R. Stimpson.) Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991. 10 pls. + xx + 182 pp. 11.95 paper. - Volume 46 Issue 2
As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women
Penny Gay. As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women. (Gender In Performance Series, eds. Susan Bassnett and Tracy C. Davis.) London and New York: Routledge, 1994. 19 pls. + xii + 208 pp. 16.95 paper. - Michael Shapiro. Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Female Pages. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994. viii + 282 pp. $37.50 cloth. - Volume 49 Issue 2
Engendering a Nation: A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories
Part I: Making Gender Visible: A Re-Viewing of Shakespeare's History Plays 1. Thoroughly Modern Henry 2. The History Play in Shakespeare's Time 3. Feminism, Women, and the Shakespearean History Play 4. The Theater as Institution Notes. Part II: Weak Kings, Warrior Women, and the Assault on Dynastic Authority: The First Tetralogy and King John 1. Henry VI, Part I 2. Henry VI, Part II 3. Henry VI, Part III 4. Richard III 5. King John. Notes. Part I…
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
Engendering a Nation
Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include: * King John* Henry VI, Part I* Henry VI, Part II* Henry, Part III* Richard III* Richard II* Henry V. It will be a must for students and scholars interested in the cultural and social implications of Shakespeare today
Stronger than we thought: Revisionist studies in women's history
Art (10 works) · History (7 works) · History (7 works) · Literature (7 works) · Art history (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Literature: history, themes, analysis (4 works) · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (4 works)