Rape and the Rise of the Author: Gendering Intention in Early Modern England

(Part of the Women and Gender in the Early Modern World Series)

by Amy Greenstadt

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Contending that early modern fictional portrayals of sexual violence identify the position of the author with that of the chaste woman threatened with rape, Amy Greenstadt challenges the prevalent scholarly view that this period's concept of 'The Author' was inherently masculine. Instead, she argues, the analogy between rape and writing centrally informed ideas of literary intention and individual free will that emerged during the English Renaissance...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1138276162

ISBN13:9781138276161

Release Date:November 2016

Publisher:Routledge

Length:204 Pages

Weight:0.64 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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