ISBN: 9780313317545

How can the most silent member of the family carry the message of subversion against venerated institutions of state and society? Why would two playwrights, writing 300 years apart, emplo… Meer...

How can the most silent member of the family carry the message of subversion against venerated institutions of state and society? Why would two playwrights, writing 300 years apart, employ the same dramatic methods for rebelling against the establishment, when these methods are virtually ignored by their contemporaries? This book considers these and similar questions. It examines the historical similarities of the eras in which Shakespeare and Shaw wrote and then explores types of father-daughter interactions, considering each in terms of the existing power structures of society. These two dramatists draw on themes of incest, daughter sacrifice, role playing, education, and androgyny to create both active and passive daughters. The daughters literally represent a challenge to the patriarchy and metaphorically extend that challenge to such institutions as church and state. The volume argues that the father-daughter relationship was the ideal dramatic vehicle for Shakespeare and Shaw to advance their social and political agendas. By exploring larger issues through the father-daughter relationship, both playwrights were able to avoid the watchful eyes of censors and comment on such topics as the divine right of kings, filial bonds of obedience, and even regicide. | Fathers And Daughters In Shakespeare And Shaw by Lagretta Tallent Lenker Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Drama > Shakespeare P10106, Lagretta Tallent Lenker<

ISBN: 9780313317545

How can the most silent member of the family carry the message of subversion against venerated institutions of state and society? Why would two playwrights, writing 300 years apart, emplo… Meer...

How can the most silent member of the family carry the message of subversion against venerated institutions of state and society? Why would two playwrights, writing 300 years apart, employ the same dramatic methods for rebelling against the establishment, when these methods are virtually ignored by their contemporaries? This book considers these and similar questions. It examines the historical similarities of the eras in which Shakespeare and Shaw wrote and then explores types of father-daughter interactions, considering each in terms of the existing power structures of society.These two dramatists draw on themes of incest, daughter sacrifice, role playing, education, and androgyny to create both active and passive daughters. The daughters literally represent a challenge to the patriarchy and metaphorically extend that challenge to such institutions as church and state. The volume argues that the father-daughter relationship was the ideal dramatic vehicle for Shakespeare and Shaw to advance their social and political agendas. By exploring larger issues through the father-daughter relationship, both playwrights were able to avoid the watchful eyes of censors and comment on such topics as the divine right of kings, filial bonds of obedience, and even regicide. Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory List_Books, [PU: Greenwood Press]<

2001, ISBN: 9780313317545

Analyzes the father-daughter relationships Shakespeare and Shaw used to question gender issues, generational issues, and familial issues, along with censorship and the individual's place … Meer...

Analyzes the father-daughter relationships Shakespeare and Shaw used to question gender issues, generational issues, and familial issues, along with censorship and the individual's place in society. Buch (fremdspr.) Lagretta Tallent Lenker gebundene Ausgabe, Greenwood Press, 30.04.2001, Greenwood Press, 2001<

ISBN: 9780313317545

Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare and Shaw ab 96.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben, Medien > Bücher nein Buch (gebunden)… Meer...

Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare and Shaw ab 96.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben, Medien > Bücher nein Buch (gebunden) Hardcover;Belletristik;Lyrik, Dramatik, Greenwood Press<

2001, ISBN: 9780313317545

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Praeger Publishers Inc], Praeger Publishers Inc, 2001