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Author:

Airey, Jennifer L., 1980-

Title:

The politics of rape : sexual atrocity, propaganda wars, and the Restoration stage / Jennifer L. Airey.

Publisher:

University of Delaware Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

viii, 251 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English drama--Restoration, 1660-1700--History and criticism.
Rape in literature.
Rape victims in literature.
Violence in literature.
Politics and literature--England--History--17th century.
Theater--History--England--History--17th century.
Propaganda, British--History--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Rape and the rehabilitation of royalist identity, 1660-65 -- Rape and the roots of discontent, 1666-77 -- Lucrece narratives: Rochester, Lee, and the ethics of regicide -- Rape and the cannibal father, 1678-87 -- Rape in the aftermath of revolution: images of male rape, 1688-99.

ISBN:

1611494052 (electronic)
9781611494051 (electronic)
1611494044 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611494044 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794363253

LCCN:

2012021813

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)