Masculinity and Marian Efficacy in Shakespeare's England
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Antiochus's Daughter
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Author_Ruben Espinosa
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Catholic symbolism
Christ Child
Christ's Dominance
Christ’s Dominance
Desdemona's Virginity
Desdemona’s Virginity
devotion
dowry
early modern gender
English Reformation studies
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Female Intercessor
feminine
Feminine Influence
gender identity formation
God's Mother
God’s Mother
Hellish Cruelty
influence
intercession
King Henry III
Madonna Della Misericordia
Marian Devotion
Marian Iconography
Marian Image
Marian imagery in literature
Marian Influence
Marian Intercession
Marian Miracles
Marian Strength
Mary's Dowry
Mary's Perpetual Virginity
marys
Mary’s Dowry
Mary’s Perpetual Virginity
Mater Dolorosa
miracles
Perpetual Virginity
post-reformation
post-Reformation England
religious subjectivity
Ring Trick
Shakespearean drama analysis
strength
Virgin Mary's Role
Virgin Mary’s Role
virginity
Winter's Tale
Winter’s Tale
Product details
- ISBN 9781138268111
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Masculinity and Marian Efficacy in Shakespeare's England offers a new approach to evaluating the psychological 'loss' of the Virgin Mary in post-Reformation England by illustrating how, in the wake of Mary's demotion, re-inscriptions of her roles and meanings only proliferated, seizing hold of national imagination and resulting in new configurations of masculinity. The author surveys the early modern cultural and literary response to Mary's marginalization, and argues that Shakespeare employs both Roman Catholic and post-Reformation views of Marian strength not only to scrutinize cultural perceptions of masculinity, but also to offer his audience new avenues of exploring both religious and gendered subjectivity. By deploying Mary's symbolic valence to infuse certain characters, and dramatic situations with feminine potency, Espinosa analyzes how Shakespeare draws attention to the Virgin Mary as an alternative to an otherwise unilaterally masculine outlook on salvation and gendered identity formation.
Ruben Espinosa is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.
