The Legacy of Boadicea: Gender and Nation in Early Modern EnglandPsychology Press, 1998 - 202 pages The Legacy of Boadicea explores the construction of personal and national identities in early modern England. It highlights the problems and anxieties of national identity in a nation with no native classical past. Written in an accessible style, The Legacy of Boadicea: * offers powerful new readings of the ancient British past in Shakespeare's King Lear and Cymbeline * persuasively illuminates a 'Boadicean' heritage in royal iconography, drama, and the social symptoms of religious dissent * articulates parallels between the eventual domestication of Britain's warrior queen in Restoration drama, and the social, political and legal decline in the status of women. |
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Contents
From Mater Terra to the Artificial Man | 18 |
King Lear and the tragedy of native origins | 68 |
Cymbeline and the masculine romance | 96 |
The domestication of the savage queen | 115 |
Notes | 156 |
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Other editions - View all
The Legacy of Boadicea: Gender and Nation in Early Modern England Jodi Mikalachki Limited preview - 2014 |
The Legacy of Boadicea: Gender and Nation in Early Modern England Jodi Mikalachki Limited preview - 2014 |
The Legacy of Boadicea: Gender and Nation in Early Modern England Jodi Mikalachki Limited preview - 1998 |
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References to this book
Maps and Memory in Early Modern England: A Sense of Place Rhonda Lemke Sanford No preview available - 2002 |