Title: Women reading Shakespeare, 1660-1900 : an anthology of criticism /
Authors: Thompson, Ann, 1947-; Roberts, Sasha.
Publisher: Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, Criticism and interpretation.; Shakespeare, William, Characters Women.; Feminism and literature United States.; Feminism and literature Great Britain.; Literature and society Great Britain.; Women and literature United States.; Women and literature Great Britain.; Women England Social conditions.; Women in literature
Contents: Margaret Cavendish -- CCXI Sociable Letters (London): Shakespeare's characters -- Charlotte Lennox -- Shakespear Illustrated (London): Measure for Measure, Othello, Cymbeline and their Italian sources -- Elizabeth Montagu -- An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear (London): Shakespeare compared with Greek and French dramatists, and defended from Voltaire's criticisms -- Elizabeth Griffith -- The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated (London): Measure for Measure, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Cymbeline, Troilus and Cressida, Othello -- Joanna Baillie -- Plays on the Passions (London): Shakespeare's tragic characters -- Elizabeth Inchbald -- The British Theatre (London): King John, I Henry IV, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, Antony and Cleopatra -- Henrietta Bowdler -- The Family Shakespeare (London): Cymbeline, Hamlet -- Mary Lamb