Shakespeare's Restorations of the FatherDavid Sundelson argues that the development of Shakespeare's career and the plays themselves reveal patterns of concern with and conflict over parental authority, fraternal rivalry, homosexuality, and male and female sex roles. In particular, in his readings of the plays, he shows that the loss or weakness of a father -- figures at once attractive and perversely manipulative -- is central to Shakespeare's work. -- from book jacket. |
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... Coppélia Kahn and Mac Pigman taught me how valuable colleagues can be ; much of whatever clarity and coherence my argument can claim is the result of their thoughtful reading and rereading . Mindy Aloff , Alan Lutkus , Ronald Herzman ...
... Coppélia Kahn and Mac Pigman taught me how valuable colleagues can be ; much of whatever clarity and coherence my argument can claim is the result of their thoughtful reading and rereading . Mindy Aloff , Alan Lutkus , Ronald Herzman ...
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... Coppélia Kahn argues that in Romeo and Juliet , “ The feud in a realistic social sense is the primary tragic force in the play — not the feud as an agent of fate , but the feud as an extreme and peculiar expression of patriarchal ...
... Coppélia Kahn argues that in Romeo and Juliet , “ The feud in a realistic social sense is the primary tragic force in the play — not the feud as an agent of fate , but the feud as an extreme and peculiar expression of patriarchal ...
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... Coppélia Kahn writes that in the Renaissance , “ a son was ex- pected to emulate his father , in the sense of the following his example and carrying on what he had begun . But in Shakes- peare , emulation in this sense ( the first ...
... Coppélia Kahn writes that in the Renaissance , “ a son was ex- pected to emulate his father , in the sense of the following his example and carrying on what he had begun . But in Shakes- peare , emulation in this sense ( the first ...
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