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Author:

Brustein, Robert Sanford, 1927-

Title:

The tainted muse : prejudice and presumption in Shakespeare and his time / Robert Brustein.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

vii, 280 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Characters.
Prejudices in literature.
Misogyny in literature.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the hidden imposthume -- Misogyny: the Hamlet obsession -- Effemiphobia: the Osric courtier -- Machismo: the Hotspur model -- Elitism and mobocracy: from Jack Cade to Caliban -- Racialism: the Moor and the Jew -- Intelligent design: Lear's abyss -- Afterword: lancing the canker.

ISBN:

0300115768 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300115765 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262432304

LCCN:

2008046997

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)