The Expense of Spirit Love and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama
Rose, Mary Beth
The Expense of Spirit Love and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama - Ithaca Cornell University Press 1991 - 1 electronic resource (272 p.)
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A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them. ; A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them.
Creative Commons
English
9780801421891 9780801496950 9781501723247 9781501723254 9781501728105 z9gc-ke86
10.7298/z9gc-ke86 doi
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literature: history and criticism
The Expense of Spirit Love and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama - Ithaca Cornell University Press 1991 - 1 electronic resource (272 p.)
Open Access
A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them. ; A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them.
Creative Commons
English
9780801421891 9780801496950 9781501723247 9781501723254 9781501728105 z9gc-ke86
10.7298/z9gc-ke86 doi
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literature: history and criticism