ABSTRACT

Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include:

* King John
* Henry VI, Part I
* Henry VI, Part II
* Henry, Part III
* Richard III
* Richard II
* Henry V.

It will be a must for students and scholars interested in the cultural and social implications of Shakespeare today.

part |2 pages

Part I MAKING GENDER VISIBLE A re-viewing of Shakespeare’s history plays

chapter 1|8 pages

THOROUGHLY MODERN HENRY

chapter 2|9 pages

THE HISTORY PLAY IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME

chapter 4|10 pages

THE THEATER AS INSTITUTION

part |2 pages

Part II WEAK KINGS, WARRIOR WOMEN, AND THE ASSAULT ON DYNASTIC AUTHORITY The first tetralogy and King John

chapter 5|22 pages

HENRY VI, PART I

chapter 6|18 pages

HENRY VI, PART II

chapter 7|17 pages

HENRY VI, PART III

chapter 8|19 pages

RICHARD III

chapter 9|16 pages

KING JOHN

part |2 pages

Part III GENDER AND NATION Anticipations of modernity in the second tetralogy

chapter 10|23 pages

RICHARD II

chapter 11|26 pages

THE HENRY IV PLAYS

chapter 12|30 pages

HENRY V