Rape and the Rise of the Author

Gendering Intention in Early Modern England

Amy Greenstadt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-27616-1 (ISBN)

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Contending that early modern fictional portrayals of sexual violence identify the position of the author with that of the chaste woman threatened with rape, Amy Greenstadt challenges the prevalent scholarly view that this period's concept of 'The Author' was inherently masculine. Instead, she argues, the analogy between rape and writing centrally informed ideas of literary intention that emerged during the English Renaissance. Analyzing works by Milton, Sidney, Shakespeare and Cavendish, Greenstadt shows how the figure of 'The Author' - and by extension ideas of the modern individual--derived from a paradigm of female virtue and vulnerability. This volume supplements the growing body of studies that address the relationship between early modern textual representation and notions of gender and sexuality; it also adds a new dimension in considering the wider origins of modern concepts of selfhood and individual rights.

Amy Greenstadt is Associate Professor of English at Portland State University, where she writes and teaches about the cultural history of gender, sexuality, and other forms of human identity and difference.

Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transcription and Translation; Questionable Intentions; Chapter 1 Sidney’s Ravishment; Chapter 2 Shakespeare’s Chaste Will; Chapter 3 Milton’s Inapprehensible Song; Chapter 4 Cavendish’s Willing Subjects;

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-27616-2 / 1138276162
ISBN-13	978-1-138-27616-1 / 9781138276161
Zustand	Neuware