Subordinate subjects
Subtitle: gender, the political nation, and literary form in England, 1588-1688
By: Mihoko Suzuki.
Series: Women and gender in the early modern world
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Literary form -- History -- 17th century; Sex role in literature; England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
Description: "Considering as evidence literary texts, historicl documents, and material culture, this interdisciplinary study examines the entry into public political culture of women and apprentices in seventeenth-century England, and their use of discursive and literary forms in advancing an imaginary of political equality. Subordinate Subjects traces the end of Elizabeth Tudor's reign in the 1590s, the origin of this imaginary, analyzes its flowering during the English Revolution, and examines its afterlife from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. It uses post-Marxist theories of radical democracy, post-structuralist theories of gender, and a combination of political theory and psychoanalysis to discuss the early modern construction of the political subject." "Subordinate Subjects makes a distinctive contribution to the study of early modern English literature and culture through its chronological range, its innovative use of political, psychoanalytic, and feminist theories, and its interdisciplinary focus on literature, social history, political thought, gender studies, and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-316) and index.