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Description

1. xi, 212 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. "Examining some of the most iconic texts in English theatre history, including Titus Andronicus, The Duchess of Malfi and The Changeling, this book reveals the pernicious erasure of rape and violence against women in the early modern era, and the politics and ethics of rehearsing these negotiations on the twentieth- and twenty-first century stages"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

1. Violence in the theater
2. Rape in literature
3. English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
4. Violence in literature
5. Theater and society > England > History > 17th century
6. Sex crimes in literature
7. Abused women in literature
8. Rape victims in literature

Contents

1. Machine generated contents note: Encounters with the Missing : From the Invisible Acts to In/visible Acts -- Rape's Metatheatrical Return : Rehearsing Sexual Violence Among the Early Moderns -- The Punitive Scene and the Performance of Salvation : Violence, the Flesh, and the Word -- Witness to Despair: The Martyr of Malfi's Ghost -- The Architecture of the Act: Renovating Beatrice Joanna's Closet -- Afterword.

Call number

1. JFD 10-216

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Solga, Kim, 1974-

Title

1. Violence against women in early modern performance : invisible acts / Kim Solga.

Imprint

1. Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2009043524

ISBN

1. 9780230219540 (hardback)
2. 0230219543 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JFD 10-216