The Tamer Tamed and The Island Princess.
A literary criticism of the plays "The Tamer Tamed" and "The Island Princess" by John Fletcher is presented, examining how recurring theatrical tropes shape representations of gender, race, and power across different dramatic genres. It argues that the theatregrams of the heretical foreign woman and...
| Publicado en: | Early Modern Literary Studies Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 1 - 23 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Early Modern Literary Studies
2025
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism of the plays "The Tamer Tamed" and "The Island Princess" by John Fletcher is presented, examining how recurring theatrical tropes shape representations of gender, race, and power across different dramatic genres. It argues that the theatregrams of the heretical foreign woman and the raging Turk create structural parallels between the plays, revealing how early modern drama negotiates misogyny, colonial anxiety, and evolving notions of martial identity. |
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