Shakespeare's HeroinesBroadview Press, 26.09.2005 - 464 Seiten First published in 1832, Shakespeare’s Heroines is a unique hybrid of Shakespeare criticism, women’s rights activism, and conduct literature. Jameson’s collection of readings of female characters includes praise for unexpected role models as varied as Portia, Cleopatra, and Lady Macbeth; her interpretations of these and other characters portray intellect, passion, political ambition, and eroticism as acceptable aspects of women’s behaviour. This inventive work of literary criticism addresses the problems of women’s education and participation in public life while also providing insightful, original, and entertaining readings of Shakespeare’s women. This Broadview Edition includes a critical introduction that places Shakespeare’s Heroines in the context of Jameson’s literary career and political life. Appendices include personal correspondence and other literary and political writings by Jameson, examples of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Shakespeare criticism, and selections from Victorian conduct books. |
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... friends and reviewers questioned the absence of any titu— lar reference to Shakespeare, the book only came to be known as Shakespeare's Heroines in the several editions that were issued after the author's death in 1860. Taken together ...
... friends suggest that the match showed signs of strain from the beginning. When Robert accepted a minor judiciary position in Dominica in 1829, Anna stayed in England, and the couple continued to live separately for most of their ...
... friends. While careful to maintain standards of female propriety,Jameson took full advantage of the relative free— domVictorian society accorded a married woman over a single one—travelling, visiting, attending public lectures and ...
... friend whose wise and faithful counsels were only ended by her death. (viii) Indeed, by the time the Victoria Regia appeared Jameson had become known as an outspoken advocate on women and work, female education, and wives' property ...
... friend Fanny Kemble, who had married an American. Anna left Canada and never saw her husband again, nor did she ... friends in London, and researching art history and female employment across the Continent. Her father died in 1842 ...
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Jamesons Writing on Women Work and Acting | 380 |
Jamesons Correspondence | 409 |
Contemporary Reviews of Characteristics of Women | 419 |
Conduct Books | 437 |
Eighteenth and NineteenthCentury Shakespeare Criticism | 444 |
Select Bibliography | 463 |