Wanton Eyes and Chaste Desires

Female Sexuality in the Faerie Queene

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

" . . . very readable, lucid, intriguing study . . . " —Spenser Newsletter" . . . a very thoroughgoing inventory of the cruel male fantasies and nightmares imposed on . . . female-gendered figures . . . " —Studies in English Literature 1500-1900"Cavanagh has managed to give an almost entirely new reading of [The Faerie Queene]; it is the first feminist rereading of the entire epic, and it reshapes the contours of the huge poem in often startling and remarkable ways." —Maureen Quilligan, University of Pennsylvania

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-09-22
Mått:140 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253208897

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Essäer inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

SHEILA T. CAVANAGH is Assistant Professor of English and associated faculty in Women's Studies at Emory University.

Recensioner i media

"Cavanagh has managed to give an almost entirely new reading of [The Faerie Queene]; it is the first feminist rereading of the entire epic, and it reshapes the contours of the huge poem in often startling and remarkable ways." Maureen Quilligan, University of Pennsylvania " ... very readable, lucid, intriguing study ... " Spenser Newsletter " ... a very thoroughgoing inventory of the cruel male fantasies and nightmares imposed on ... female-gendered figures ... " Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Manliness of Virtue1. Beauties Chace: Male Responses to Women in Faeryland2. Nightmares of Desire3. The Importance of Being Fairest: Kidnapping and Courtship in Faeryland4. Fayre of face...though meane her lot: The Worth of Virtue5. Like an Enraged Cow: Britomart among the Chased and the unchasteNotesWorks CitedIndex