| The Expense of Spirit: Love and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama Contributor(s): Rose, Mary Beth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501728105 ISBN-13: 9781501728105 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $16.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 822.309 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rose, Mary Beth: - Mary Beth Rose is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Gender and Heroism in Early Modern English Literature and editor of Women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Literary and Historical Perspectives. |