The Subject of Tragedy: Identity and Difference in Renaissance DramaTaking the drama of the 16th and 17th centuries and a range of fictional and non-fictional texts, Belsey analyzes the differential identities of man and woman, and finds a modern meaning for subjectivity. |
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