Staging Women and the Soul-Body Dynamic in Early Modern England
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781472411228
Subjects: English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600; English drama, history and criticism, 17th century; Women in literature; Women and literature
Description: Though the gender-coded soul-body dynamic lies at the root of many negative and disempowering depictions of women, Johnson argues that it also functions as an effective tool for redefining gender expectations. Through its thorough and nuanced readings, this study redefines one of the period's most pervasive analogies for conceptualizing women and their relations to men as more complex and shifting than criticism has previously assumed.