Engendering a Nation：A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories

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1、FEMINISTREADINGSOFSHAKESPEARELiterarystudieshavebeentransformedinthelasttwentyyearsbyanumberofnewapproacheswhichhavechallengedtraditionalassumptionsandtraditionalwaysofreading.CriticsofShakespeareandEnglishRenaissanceliteraturehavebeenattheforefrontofthesedevelopm

2、ents,andfeministcriticismhasprovedtobeoneofthemostimportantareasofproductivityandchange.‘FeministReadingsofShakespeare’isaseriesoffivegenericallybasedbooksbyleadingfeministcriticsfromBritain,continentalEuropeandNorthAmerica.Eachbookoutlinesandengageswiththecurrent

3、positionsanddebateswithinthefieldoffeministcriticismandinadditionprovidesanoriginalfeministreadingofthetextsinquestion.Whiletheauthorsshareacommitmenttofeministvalues,thebooksarenotuniformintheirapproachbutratherexemplifytherichnessanddiversityoffeministcriticismt

4、oday.ENGENDERINGANATION:AFEMINISTACCOUNTOFSHAKESPEARE’SENGLISHHISTORIESJeanE.HowardandPhyllisRackinROMANSHAKESPEARE:WARRIORS,WOUNDS,ANDWOMENCoppéliaKahnENGENDERINGANATIONEngenderingaNationemploysasophisticatedfeministanalysistoexaminetheplaceofgenderincontestingre

5、presentationsofnationhoodinearlymodernEngland.TakingtheShakespeareanhistoryplayastheirpointofdeparture,theauthorsarguethatthetransitionfromdynastickingdomtomodernnationwasintegrallyconnectedtoshiftsinculturalunderstandingsofgender,andthesocialrolesavailabletomenan

6、dwomen.TheculturalcentralityoftheElizabethantheatremadeitanimportantarenaforstagingthediverseandcontradictoryelementsofthistransition.EngenderingaNationmakesanoriginalandtopicalcontributiontothestudyofShakespeare’shistoryplays,andwillbeespeciallyvaluabletostudents

7、andscholarswithaninterestinwherefeministandhistoricistapproachestotheRenaissanceintersect.JeanE.HowardisProfessorofEnglishandComparativeLiteratureatColumbiaUniversity.PhyllisRackinisProfessorofEnglishinGeneralHonoursattheUniversityofPennsylvania.Bothhavepublishedw

8、idelyinthefieldofRenaissancestudies.ENGENDERINGANATIONAfeministaccountofShakespeare’sEnglishhistoriesJeanE.HowardandPhyllisRackinLondonandNewYorkFirstpu