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Shakespeare on Masculinity

Robin Headlam Wells

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Shakespeare on Masculinity is an important and original study of the way Shakespeare's plays engage with a subject that provoked bitter public dispute. Robin Headlam Wells argues that Shakespeare took a skeptical view of the militant-Protestant cult of heroic masculinity. Following a series of brilliant portraits of the dangerously charismatic warrior-hero, Shakespeare turned at the end of his writing career to a different kind of leader. Plays receiving close readings include The Tempest, Henry V, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and Coriolanus.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: November 23, 2006

ISBN: 0521031532

ISBN 13: 9780521031530

Shakespeare on Masculinity

Robin Headlam Wells

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Shakespeare on Masculinity is an important and original study of the way Shakespeare's plays engage with a subject that provoked bitter public dispute. Robin Headlam Wells argues that Shakespeare took a skeptical view of the militant-Protestant cult of heroic masculinity. Following a series of brilliant portraits of the dangerously charismatic warrior-hero, Shakespeare turned at the end of his writing career to a different kind of leader. Plays receiving close readings include The Tempest, Henry V, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and Coriolanus.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: November 23, 2006

ISBN: 0521031532

ISBN 13: 9780521031530

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