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The girlhood of Shakespeare's sisters : gender transgression, adolescence /

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The first full-length study of how the concept of the ""girl"" was constructed in sixteenth and seventeenth century literature and drama. The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Sisters argues for a paradigm shift in our current conceptions of the early modern sex-gender system, chall...

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Main Author: Higginbotham, Jennifer
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in Renaissance culture.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Girls in literature.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Girls > Great Britain > Social conditions > 16th century.
Girls > Great Britain > Social conditions > 17th century.
Great Britain > Civilization > 16th century.
Great Britain > Civilization > 17th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Civilization.
English literature > Early modern.
Girls > Social conditions.
Great Britain.
Drama.
Frau > Motiv.
Mädchen > Motiv.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare.
1500-1700
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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