The tainted muse : prejudice and presumption in Shakespeare and his time

The tainted muse : prejudice and presumption in Shakespeare and his time / Robert Brustein.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brustein, Robert Sanford, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters.
Prejudices in literature.
Misogyny in literature.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the hidden imposthume
  • Misogyny: the Hamlet obsession
  • Effemiphobia: the Osric courtier
  • Machismo: the Hotspur model
  • Elitism and mobocracy: from Jack Cade to Caliban
  • Racialism: the Moor and the Jew
  • Intelligent design: Lear's abyss
  • Afterword: lancing the canker.

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