Shakespeare's HeroinesBroadview Press, 26/09/2005 - 464 páginas First published in 1832, Shakespeare’s Heroines is a unique hybrid of Shakespeare criticism, women’s rights activism, and conduct literature. Jameson’s collection of readings of female characters includes praise for unexpected role models as varied as Portia, Cleopatra, and Lady Macbeth; her interpretations of these and other characters portray intellect, passion, political ambition, and eroticism as acceptable aspects of women’s behaviour. This inventive work of literary criticism addresses the problems of women’s education and participation in public life while also providing insightful, original, and entertaining readings of Shakespeare’s women. This Broadview Edition includes a critical introduction that places Shakespeare’s Heroines in the context of Jameson’s literary career and political life. Appendices include personal correspondence and other literary and political writings by Jameson, examples of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Shakespeare criticism, and selections from Victorian conduct books. |
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... Siddons” in Visits and Sketches at Home andAbroad (1834) ' 393 Appendix B:]ameson's Correspondence ° 409 1. Bessie Rayner Parkes, 1856—59 ° 409 2. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1856 ° 410 3. Frances Anne Kemble, 1831—32 ° 413 4. Ottilie ...
... Siddons became exemplars of Victorian femininity for Jameson and (as I will develop below) wielded a particular influence on Shakespeare's Heroines. Through her friendship with the Procters,Jameson became part of another circle of ...
... Siddons and her nieces Frances Kemble and Adelaide Kemble Sartoris, impress Jameson for at least two important traits that she recognizes in their work. First, the Kemble women were professional; they made money from their intellectual ...
... Siddons appears most prominently in Jameson's writ— ing on actresses, in Characteristics and elsewhere.Jameson had hoped to write a full—length biography of Siddons, and was disappointed when the Kemble family chose to support another ...
... Siddons' trustworthiness as a sage is beyond appeal. Siddons easily avoids gossip—the kind of conversation conduct manuals generally criticize weak women for enjoying. More importantly for Jameson, she also eschews the vivacious chatter ...
Índice
Jamesons Writing on Women Work and Acting | 380 |
Jamesons Correspondence | 409 |
Contemporary Reviews of Characteristics of Women | 419 |
Conduct Books | 437 |
Eighteenth and NineteenthCentury Shakespeare Criticism | 444 |
Select Bibliography | 463 |