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1. Shakespeare's Feminine Endings

   Disfiguring Death in the Tragedies

   By Philippa Berry

   Series: Feminist Readings of Shakespeare

   Philippa Berry draws on feminist theory, postmodern thought and queer theory, to challenge existing critical notions of what is fundamental to Shakespearean tragedy. She shows how, through a network of images clustered around feminine or feminized characters, these plays 'disfigure' conventional...

   Published August 25th 1999 by Routledge
2. Of Chastity and Power

   Elizabethan Literature and the Unmarried Queen

   By Philippa Berry

   Elizabeth I was one of the most powerful women rulers in European history. What can feminism reveal about the attitudes of her male subjects towards this enigmatic figure?Through readings of key Elizabethan texts by Lyly, Ralegh, Chapman, Shakespeare, and Spenser, Philippa Berry shows that while...

   Published October 5th 1994 by Routledge
3. Shadow of Spirit

   Postmodernism and Religion

   Edited by Philippa Berry, Andrew Wernick

   By illuminating the striking affinity between the most innovative aspects of postmodern thought and religious mystical discourse, Shadow of Spirit challenges the long established assumption that western thought is committed to nihilism. This collection of essays by internationally recognised...

   Published January 6th 1993 by Routledge