Title: Subordinate subjects
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.
Subjects: English literature, Feminism and literature, History, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Literary form, Politics and literature, Sex role in literature, Women and literature, Women authors, English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, English literature, women authors, Politique et littérature, Histoire, Femmes et littérature, Écrits de femmes anglais, Histoire et critique, Vie intellectuelle, Genres littéraires, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Early modern, Politik, Literatur, Freiheitsrecht, Frau, Vrouwen, Leerlingen, Politieke cultuur, Politieke participatie, Teksten, Geschichte 1588-1688
Places: England, Great Britain
Time periods: 17th century, Early modern, 1500-1700