Liberty and the politics of the female voice in early stuart england
Auteur :
Luckyj, Christina
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108845090
Date de publication :
3 mars 2022
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,8 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
560 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study argues that the female voice occupied a key role in the early Stuart political imaginary as a means of signalling resistance to tyranny. Like their male contemporaries, including Shakespeare, early modern women writers deployed female voices to craft powerful new discourses of religious and political liberty.