Expense of Spirit

Beth Rose Mary

Description

A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them.

Sujets

• Anglais
• England
• English
• Inglaterra
• Idioma inglés

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501723247
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

The Expense of Spîrît

The Expense of Spirit

LOVE AND SEXuALITY IN ENGLISH RENAISSANcE DRAMa

MARY BETH rOSE

Cornell Universit Press y THACA AND LNDN

Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

Cornell University Press gratefully acknowledges a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that aided in bringing this book to publication.

Copyright © 1988 by Cornell University

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First published 1988 by Cornell University Press First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 1991

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rose, Mary Beth. The expense of spirit : love and sexuality in English renaissance drama.  Includes index. 1. English drama—Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500–1600—History and criticism. 2. English drama—17th century—History and criticism. 3. Love in literature. 4. Sex in literature. 5. Women and literature—England—History. 6. Women—England—History. 7. Literary form. I. Title. PR658.L63R6 1988 822'.3'09354 88-47742 ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-2189-1 (cloth) — ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9695-0 (pbk.)

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