Gender and performance in Shakespeare's problem comedies /

Gender and performance in Shakespeare's problem comedies /

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"Composed at a critical moment in English history, Shakespeare's "problem plays"--All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Troilus and Cressida - dramatize a crisis in the sex-gender system. They register a male dread of emasculation and engulfment, a fear of fema...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCandless, David Foley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1997.
Series:Drama and performance studies.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > All's well that ends well.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Troilus and Cressida.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Measure for measure.
All's well that ends well (Shakespeare, William)
Measure for measure (Shakespeare, William)
Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare, William)
1500-1699
Feminism and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Feminism and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Comedy.
History
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