The Lady Vanishes
Fantasies of Female Heroism in Shakespeare’s Last Plays
ISBN Code : 978-1-941392-10-2
Author : Theresia de VroomAll books
Language : 448
Pages number : English
Format : Hardcover, 6″ x 9″
Publication date : 09/15/2014
Price : $
$64.95
Description
The subject of The Lady Vanishes is the construction and meaning of the heroine in Shakespeare’s last plays. It reads the unique and feminine rescue fantasies at the heart of Shakespearean tragicomedy as an alternative and corrective to the origins of tragedy in the world of men. The book situates the plays in the cultural and historical context in which they were written. It argues that the maternal narrative between a mother and daughter is the great (almost) unwritten story.
