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The Expense of Spirit : Love and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama

Author
Rose, Mary Beth
Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Physical Description
1 electronic resource (272 pages)
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English
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Open Access Unrestricted online access
Summary
A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them. ; A public and highly popular literary form, English Renaissance drama affords a uniquely valuable index of the process of cultural transformation. The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values. Comparing Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic representations of love and sexuality with those in contemporary moral tracts and religious writings on women, love, and marriage, Mary Beth Rose argues that such literature not only interpreted sexual sensibilities but also contributed to creating and transforming them.
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ISBN
9780801421891
9780801496950
9781501723247
9781501723254
9781501728105
z9gc-ke86
Collection
OAPEN Library.
Funding Information
National Endowment for the Humanities
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Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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