Elizabeth of York
by
A. Okerlund
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Queenship and Power
ISBN-10
0230618278
ISBN-13
9780230618275
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 18th, 2009
Print length
263 Pages
Weight
438 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.00 x 2.20 cms
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This book tells the story of the queen whose marriage to King Henry VII ended England's Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the 118-year Tudor dynasty. Best known as the mother of Henry VIII and grandmother of Elizabeth I, this Queen Elizabeth contributed far beyond the act of giving birth to future monarchs.
This astute book examines the cultural implications of reactions to contemporary performances in which Richard II, Lear, Prospero, Bottom, Richard III, Petruchio, and Benedick were played by women. Elizabeth Klett argues that the critical uproar in the British press provoked by these performances signals a deep-seated anxiety about the status of Shakespeare within British culture. By dismissing, mocking, or railing against these women, reviewers inadvertently demonstrate the power of these productions to disrupt a series of established forms: mimetic theater, normative gender identity, Shakespearean authority, and English national identity. This book discusses the ways these women''s performances are changing the British theater, inviting their audiences to think differently about Shakespeare, their nation, and themselves.
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