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Gender and Representations of the Female Subject in Early Modern England

Creating Their Own Meanings

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Akiko Kusunoki

    1. Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies (PASHST)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Concepts of Womanhood in Early Modern England

    • Akiko Kusunoki
    Pages 1-14

  3. Emerging New Attitudes towards Women in Early Jacobean England

    • Akiko Kusunoki
    Pages 15-48

  4. Female Selfhood and Ideologies of Marriage in Early Jacobean Drama: The Duchess of Malfi and The Tragedy of Mariam

    • Akiko Kusunoki
    Pages 49-86

  5. Lady Mary Wroth and Ideologies of Marriage in Late Jacobean England

    • Akiko Kusunoki
    Pages 87-131

  6. Representing Elizabeth I in Jacobean England

    • Akiko Kusunoki
    Pages 132-144

  7. Women and Publishing Their Works in the Late Jacobean Years

    • Akiko Kusunoki
    Pages 145-163

  8. Conclusion

    • Akiko Kusunoki
    Pages 164-168

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 169-216
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This book examines the interactions between social assumptions about womanhood and women's actual voices represented in plays and writings by authors of both genders in Jacobean England, placing the special emphasis on Lady Mary Wroth.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan

    Akiko Kusunoki

About the author

Akiko Kusunoki is Emeritus Professor at Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Japan. She held the role of President of the Shakespeare Society of Japan, and is on the board of trustees of the International Shakespeare Association. She has published, both in Japanese and English, works on Shakespeare and women writers in early modern England.

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