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Shakespeare and Gender
Author(s) -
Freedman Penelope
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2004.00017.x
Subject(s) - criticism , psychology , literature , gender studies , aesthetics , psychoanalysis , art , sociology
The impact of feminist critics over the last twenty‐five years has shaped the way gender in Shakespeare has been considered. Sketching the approaches feminist criticism has taken, this article goes on to highlight the importance now attached to stage performance and the role of the female actor.