Shakespeare's 'Whores': Erotics, Politics, And Poetics (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)

Shakespeare's 'Whores' studies each use of the word 'whore' in Shakespeare's canon, focusing especially on the positive personal and social effects of female sexuality, as represented in several major female characters, from the goddess Venus, to the queen Cleopatra, to the cross-dressing Rosalind, and many others.

• • Author: K. Stanton
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Aug 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 201 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137026324
• • ISBN-13: 9781137026323