Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface to the second edition
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 What is a Shakespearean tragedy?
- Chapter 2 The language of tragedy
- Chapter 3 Tragedy in Shakespeare’s career
- Chapter 4 Shakespearean tragedy printed and performed
- Chapter 5 Religion and Shakespearean tragedy
- Chapter 6 Tragedy and political authority
- Chapter 7 Gender and family
- Chapter 8 The tragic subject and its passions
- Chapter 9 Tragedies of revenge and ambition
- Chapter 10 Shakespeare’s tragedies of love
- Chapter 11 Shakespeare’s classical tragedies
- Chapter 12 Why think about Shakespearean tragedy today?
- Chapter 13 Shakespeare’s tragedies in performance
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Series page
Chapter 7 - Gender and family
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2013
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface to the second edition
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 What is a Shakespearean tragedy?
- Chapter 2 The language of tragedy
- Chapter 3 Tragedy in Shakespeare’s career
- Chapter 4 Shakespearean tragedy printed and performed
- Chapter 5 Religion and Shakespearean tragedy
- Chapter 6 Tragedy and political authority
- Chapter 7 Gender and family
- Chapter 8 The tragic subject and its passions
- Chapter 9 Tragedies of revenge and ambition
- Chapter 10 Shakespeare’s tragedies of love
- Chapter 11 Shakespeare’s classical tragedies
- Chapter 12 Why think about Shakespearean tragedy today?
- Chapter 13 Shakespeare’s tragedies in performance
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Series page
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- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy , pp. 132 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013