Women on the Renaissance Stage

Women on the Renaissance Stage
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 0719062500
ISBN-13 : 9780719062506
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Book Synopsis Women on the Renaissance Stage by : Clare McManus

Download or read book Women on the Renaissance Stage written by Clare McManus and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through detailed historicized and interdisciplinary readings of the performances of Anna Denmark in the Scottish and English Jacobean Courts, Women on the Renaissance Stage fundamentally reassesses women's relationship to early modern performance. It investigates the staging conditions, practices, and gendering of Denmark's performances, and brings current critical theorizations of race, class, gender, space, and performance to bear on the female court of the early 17th century.


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