Maritime Fantasies and Gender Space in Three Shakespearean Comedies

• Authors: Wai Fong Cheang
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Laden with sea images, Shakespeare‘s plays dramatise the maritime fantasies of his time. This paper discusses the representation of maritime elements in Twelfth Night, The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice by relating them to gender and space issues. It focuses on Shakespeare‘s creation of maritime space as space of liberty for his female characters.

Keywords

EN

Shakespeare; maritime space; gender; Twelfth Night; The Tempest; The Merchant of Venice

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-37

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-08

Contributors

author

Wai Fong Cheang

• Chang Gung University, Taiwan Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Tao-Yuan,Taiwan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0026-5