Medusa's mirrors : Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and the metamorphosis of the female self

Medusa's mirrors : Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and the metamorphosis of the female self / Julia M. Walker.

"The question of selfhood in Renaissance texts constitutes a scholarly and critical debate of almost unmanageable proportions. The author of this work begins by questioning the strategies with which male writers depict powerful women. Although Spenser's Britomart, Shakespeare's Cleopa...

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Main Author: Walker, Julia M., 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newark : London : University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses, ©1998.
Subjects:
Spenser, Edmund, > 1552?-1599 > Characters.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Characters.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Femininity in literature.
Metamorphosis in literature.
Renaissance > England.
Women in literature.
Self in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Call Number: PR429.W64 W35 1998
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