Shakespeare's heroines : characteristics of women, moral, poetical, and historical
1913, 1st edition. London : George Bell. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #402612
Physical description: viii, 341 p. ; 19 cm. Notes: Originally published: Characteristics of women : moral, poetical, and historical. London : Saunders and Otley, 1858. Contents: Characters of Intellect -- Portia (Merchant of Venice) -- Isabella (Measure for Measure) -- Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing) -- Rosalind (As You Like It) -- Characters of Passion and Imagination -- Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) -- Helena (All's Well that Ends Well) -- Perdita (A Winter's Tale) -- Viola (Twelfth Night) -- Ophelia (Hamlet) -- Miranda (Tempest) -- Characters of the Affections -- Hermione (A Winter's Tale) -- Desdemona (Othello) -- Imogen (Cymbeline) -- Cordelia (King Lear) -- Historical Characters -- Cleopatra (Antony and Cleopatra) -- Octavia (Antony and Cleopatra) -- Volumnia (Coriolanus) -- Constance (King John) -- Queen Elinor (King John) -- Blanche (King John) -- Lady Percy (Henry IV.) -- Portia (Julius Coesar) -- Margaret of Anjou (Henry VI.) -- Katherine of Arragon (Henry VIII.) -- Lady Macbeth (Macbeth). Subjects: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616; Characters Heroines; Women; Women and literature; England History 16th century.
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