The Women of Shakespeare [Hardcover]

Frank Harris argues that the way women are presented in Shakespeares plays and sonnets are a reflection of the real-life women in his life, namely his wife, mother, mistress and daughter. Originally published in 1911, The Women of Shakespeare also analyses the traditional criticism of the time and places his own views in this context. This title will be of interest to students of English Literature.

 Introduction;  1. Tamora: Margaret: Joan of Arc  2. His Wife: Adriana, The Scold: Katharina: The Shrew: Constance, the Termagant  3. A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Two Gentleman of Verona: Alls Well  4. Romeo and Juliet:Portia, Beatrice, Rosalind, Viola  5. Loves Labours Lost: Rosaline Again  6. The Sonnets: The Lovers Complaint: Shakespeares Dark Mistress  7. Alls Well That Ends Well: Helena and Bertram  8. Julius Caesar: Hamlet: Othello  9. Lear and Timon: Erotic Mania  10.Troilus and Cressida: False Cressida  The Hearts Blood of Beauty: Loves Invisible Soul   11. Antony and Cleopatra: Cleopatra-Fitton: Witchery Joins with Beauty, Lust with Both!   12. Coriolanus: Volumnia, the Portrait of Shakespeares Mother  13. Shakespeares Daughter as Marina, Perdita, Miranda  14. A Last Word about Shakespeares Passion: The Passionate Pilgrime: King Henry VIII  15. Shakespeare, the Singer-Saint;  Index