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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... virtues are naturally a part of femininity, occasionally explicitly connected to women's maternal potential, but ... virtue can never quite hold in domestic texts, as the spectre of badly managed homes generally SHAKESPEARE'S HEROINES I9.
... virtue, most writ— ers of domestic ideology continually rely on the presence of these virtues in all middle—class English women. The conviction that women have natural virtues because of their femininity requires understanding sexual ...
... virtue. Through her adherence to a notion of “essentially” benevolent femininity, therefore,Jameson embraces a broad repertoire of female performances.Jameson's reliance on female virtue gives women license for a variety of activities ...
... virtue, but also in the training that best fosters that virtue. Early on,Jameson became convinced that the lack of intellectual training for Victorian girls hampered their sentimental education, or train— ing in emotional responses. She ...
... virtues still require cultivating—by exam— ple, with room for vicarious scandal, ambition and passion, and all that fictional experience provides for a female reader. The importance of literature, particularly dramatic literature, in ...
Inhalt
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 |