Shakespeare Without Women

by Dympna Callaghan, Terence Hawkes

"Shakespeare Without Women" is a controversial study of female impersonation and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's plays.

Genres: Shakespeare, Nonfiction

219 pages, ebook

First published November 4, 1999

About the author

Dr. Dympna C. Callaghan is Professor of English at Syracuse University. Her expertise is in the playwrights and poets of the English Renaissance. She was President of the Shakespeare Association of America in 2012-13.

Callaghan has held fellowships at the Folger, Huntington, and Newberry Libraries, at the Getty Research Centrer in Los Angeles, and at the Bogliasco Center for Arts and Humanities in Liguria, Italy. She is a member of the editorial team of A/S/I/A, the Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive and and co-editor of the Palgrave Shakespeare book series.

Reviews

[Kalena]

In progress--learning and enjoying it very much so far...