Engendering a Nation

by Jean E. Howard, Phyllis Rackin

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 * 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.

Genres: Shakespeare, Nonfiction, British Literature, Literary Criticism

266 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 1997

Reviews

[Delirious Disquisitions]

4 stars

[The Half-blood Reader]

College reads: I only read chapters/sections relevant to my studies, hence the dnf (Richard III)

[Sareene]

Great feminist analysis of the histories.