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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... never failed to take advantage of the opportunity to observe women's lives. In addi— tion to her series for TheAthenaeum, she produced many shorter essays for the London periodical press on women and on art. Those brief essays were ...
... never mentions nor credits Jameson and her work on Shakespeare, but his own published lectures clearly reveal the influence of her earlier work I MS 25 AMJ to BRP, Brighton, 19 July [1858] ; Major Correspondents, Bessie Rayner Parkes ...
... female, and basing philosophies of home management on those assumptions. These assumptions of innate, immutable virtue can never quite hold in domestic texts, as the spectre of badly managed homes generally SHAKESPEARE'S HEROINES I9.
... never overtly confesses her love for Hamlet, though her words continually betray the depth of her love. With Ophelia, as with most heroines,Jameson insists on taking the focus off the prominent male character to notice the subtleties in ...
... never apologizes for the earnings that acting women reap; in fact, their earning power is one of their virtues. In her essay on Fanny Kemble, Jameson lauds the actress' selflessness in using her profession to bring economic stability to ...
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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 |