본문

서브메뉴

Performing Early Modern Women: 1610-1680
Performing Early Modern Women: 1610-1680
Performing Early Modern Women: 1610-1680

Detailed Information

자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20250211151319
ISBN  
9798383190340
DDC  
820
저자명  
Capecchi, Maria Louise.
서명/저자  
Performing Early Modern Women: 1610-1680
발행사항  
[Sl] : The University of Iowa, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
226 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-01, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Greteman, Blaine.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Iowa, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약"Performing Early Modern Women: 1610-1680" examines how women writers and performers leveraged performance, publication, and genre conventions to challenge hegemonic systems of power and expand existing gender norms. These women's careers span the period between 1610-1680, a period in English history where the unsteady relationship between monarchical and religious authority exploded in a violent series of civil conflicts. I argue that these women's performances of authorial, gendered selves through the mediums of poetry, print, prophecy, and drama were a means to achieve agency from within patriarchal hegemonic systems and to create a public space for their bodies and voices. I explore how Aemelia Lanyer, Lady Eleanor Davies, Anna Trapnel, and Aphra Behn utilized authorship, which I define as the creation of the book object as well as the creation of the authorial self, and performance, a concept I extend beyond aesthetic performance to include praxis intended to make meaning and change ways of being in the world.I argue that scholarly conceptions of performance in the early modern period must shift from gendered, religiously- and politically-sanctioned productions to an understanding of theatricality and performance that embraces the ways in which women have always participated in acts of embodied performance in the public sphere. I assert that these women engaged in purposeful, overlapping modes of performance that have gone largely unrecognized and understudied in early modern studies. From the performance of authorship (through writing and publication); to textual performance (the interaction between the author, text, and reader/listener); to utilizing the book as a performing object (as a performance property, through annotations in the author's hand, as a metaphor); to prophetic performance (both embodied and reperformed through writing and publication); to conspicuous aesthetic performance on the Restoration stage; these women's performances created, made culture, and reinvented women's ways of being in the world.Further, my interrogation of early modern scholarship itself reveals a tendency to at once assert a progressive feminist ideology for early modern women writers while also failing to recognize the ways in which scholars perpetuate sexist notions of these women by mining their works for autobiography and treating their bodies and perceived sexual experience as critical apparatuses for close reading. My project extends existing premodern feminist and critical race scholarship by using an intersectional framework to consider the works of women writers and performers alongside their male counterparts in early modern society. I place these case studies in chronological order to identify how from 1610-1680, women used the religious and monarchical upheavals and their resulting cracks within England's social hierarchy to create opportunities for female authorship, performance, and publication. This project opens with Lanyer's bid for patronage in her poetry book Salve Deus Rex Judaorum (1611), follows Davies's (fl. 1625-1652) and Trapnel's (fl. 1642-1660) prophetic careers, and concludes with Behn's rise to prominence on the Restoration stage at the end of the 1670s.These women's writings and performances show how they exploited the fractured English social structure created by the reign of female sovereign Elizabeth I, the splintering of Christian doctrine by the Protestant Reformation, the overthrow of the monarchy during the Interregnum, and practical legal changes made by the Star Chamber's dissolution. As a woman of the middling sort, Aemilia Lanyer used her book of poems to actively seek patronage in a time where it was most culturally appropriate for noblewomen to translate poetry or write religious verse, and the majority of women's poetry was published through coterie circles. As an aristocratic woman, Lady Eleanor Davies broke the bonds of social decorum that placed even women of the peerage below men's authority through her public performances and writings, which defied the King and Archbishop, as well as through the illicit publication of her prophecies. Anna Trapnel refused to marry and live a life of domestic service. She instead dedicated her life to public prophesying, as well as writing and publishing her prophetic works. This project culminates with the advent of women actors on the Restoration stage, where Aphra Behn, the first woman to support herself as a writer, used her wit to entertain, exploring subjects like sexual desire and politics that were deemed inappropriate for women to write about. While this group is composed of exceptional women, considering their writing, performance, and publication as an exceptionality minimizes the ways in which their works are part of a wider cultural phenomenon where early modern women utilized performance and authorship to gain status within the early modern social hierarchy in seventeenth-century England.
일반주제명  
English literature
일반주제명  
British & Irish literature
일반주제명  
Modern literature
일반주제명  
Literature
일반주제명  
Womens studies
일반주제명  
Aesthetics
키워드  
Critical race theory
키워드  
Early modern period
키워드  
Aesthetic performance
키워드  
Poetry
키워드  
Prophecy
키워드  
Women
기타저자  
The University of Iowa English
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-01A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.

MARC

 008250123s2024        us                              c    eng  d
■001000017161170
■00520250211151319
■006m          o    d                
■007cr#unu||||||||
■020    ▼a9798383190340
■035    ▼a(MiAaPQ)AAI31239095
■040    ▼aMiAaPQ▼cMiAaPQ
■0820  ▼a820
■1001  ▼aCapecchi,  Maria  Louise.
■24510▼aPerforming  Early  Modern  Women:  1610-1680
■260    ▼a[Sl]▼bThe  University  of  Iowa▼c2024
■260  1▼aAnn  Arbor▼bProQuest  Dissertations  &  Theses▼c2024
■300    ▼a226  p
■500    ▼aSource:  Dissertations  Abstracts  International,  Volume:  86-01,  Section:  A.
■500    ▼aAdvisor:  Greteman,  Blaine.
■5021  ▼aThesis  (Ph.D.)--The  University  of  Iowa,  2024.
■520    ▼a"Performing  Early  Modern  Women:  1610-1680"  examines  how  women  writers  and  performers  leveraged  performance,  publication,  and  genre  conventions  to  challenge  hegemonic  systems  of  power  and  expand  existing  gender  norms.  These  women's  careers  span  the  period  between  1610-1680,  a  period  in  English  history  where  the  unsteady  relationship  between  monarchical  and  religious  authority  exploded  in  a  violent  series  of  civil  conflicts.  I  argue  that  these  women's  performances  of  authorial,  gendered  selves  through  the  mediums  of  poetry,  print,  prophecy,  and  drama  were  a  means  to  achieve  agency  from  within  patriarchal  hegemonic  systems  and  to  create  a  public  space  for  their  bodies  and  voices.  I  explore  how  Aemelia  Lanyer,  Lady  Eleanor  Davies,  Anna  Trapnel,  and  Aphra  Behn  utilized  authorship,  which  I  define  as  the  creation  of  the  book  object  as  well  as  the  creation  of  the  authorial  self,  and  performance,  a  concept  I  extend  beyond  aesthetic  performance  to  include  praxis  intended  to  make  meaning  and  change  ways  of  being  in  the  world.I  argue  that  scholarly  conceptions  of  performance  in  the  early  modern  period  must  shift  from  gendered,  religiously-  and  politically-sanctioned  productions  to  an  understanding  of  theatricality  and  performance  that  embraces  the  ways  in  which  women  have  always  participated  in  acts  of  embodied  performance  in  the  public  sphere.  I  assert  that  these  women  engaged  in  purposeful,  overlapping  modes  of  performance  that  have  gone  largely  unrecognized  and  understudied  in  early  modern  studies.  From  the  performance  of  authorship  (through  writing  and  publication);  to  textual  performance  (the  interaction  between  the  author,  text,  and  reader/listener);  to  utilizing  the  book  as  a  performing  object  (as  a  performance  property,  through  annotations  in  the  author's  hand,  as  a  metaphor);  to  prophetic  performance  (both  embodied  and  reperformed  through  writing  and  publication);  to  conspicuous  aesthetic  performance  on  the Restoration  stage;  these  women's  performances  created,  made  culture,  and  reinvented  women's  ways  of  being  in  the  world.Further,  my  interrogation  of  early  modern  scholarship  itself  reveals  a  tendency  to  at  once  assert  a  progressive  feminist  ideology  for  early  modern  women  writers  while  also  failing  to  recognize  the  ways  in  which  scholars  perpetuate  sexist  notions  of  these  women  by  mining  their  works  for  autobiography  and  treating  their  bodies  and  perceived  sexual  experience  as  critical  apparatuses  for  close  reading.  My  project  extends  existing  premodern  feminist  and  critical  race  scholarship  by  using  an  intersectional  framework  to  consider  the  works  of  women  writers  and  performers  alongside  their  male  counterparts  in  early  modern  society.  I  place  these  case  studies  in  chronological  order  to  identify  how  from  1610-1680,  women  used  the  religious  and  monarchical  upheavals  and  their  resulting  cracks  within  England's  social  hierarchy  to  create  opportunities  for  female  authorship,  performance,  and  publication.  This  project  opens  with  Lanyer's  bid  for  patronage  in  her  poetry  book  Salve  Deus  Rex  Judaorum  (1611),  follows  Davies's  (fl.  1625-1652)  and  Trapnel's  (fl.  1642-1660)  prophetic  careers,  and  concludes  with  Behn's  rise  to  prominence  on  the  Restoration  stage  at  the  end  of  the  1670s.These  women's  writings  and  performances  show  how  they  exploited  the  fractured  English  social  structure  created  by  the  reign  of  female  sovereign  Elizabeth  I,  the  splintering  of  Christian  doctrine  by  the  Protestant  Reformation,  the  overthrow  of  the  monarchy  during  the  Interregnum,  and  practical  legal  changes  made  by  the  Star  Chamber's  dissolution.  As  a  woman  of  the  middling  sort,  Aemilia  Lanyer  used  her  book  of  poems  to  actively  seek  patronage  in  a  time  where  it  was  most  culturally  appropriate  for  noblewomen  to  translate  poetry  or  write  religious  verse,  and  the  majority  of  women's  poetry  was  published  through  coterie  circles.  As  an  aristocratic  woman,  Lady  Eleanor  Davies  broke  the  bonds  of  social  decorum  that  placed  even women  of  the  peerage  below  men's  authority  through  her  public  performances  and  writings,  which  defied  the  King  and  Archbishop,  as  well  as  through  the  illicit  publication  of  her  prophecies.  Anna  Trapnel  refused  to  marry  and  live  a  life  of  domestic  service.  She  instead  dedicated  her  life  to  public  prophesying,  as  well  as  writing  and  publishing  her  prophetic  works.  This  project  culminates  with  the  advent  of  women  actors  on  the  Restoration  stage,  where  Aphra  Behn,  the  first  woman  to  support  herself  as  a  writer,  used  her  wit  to  entertain,  exploring  subjects  like  sexual  desire  and  politics  that  were  deemed  inappropriate  for  women  to  write  about.  While  this  group  is  composed  of  exceptional  women,  considering  their  writing,  performance,  and  publication  as  an  exceptionality  minimizes  the  ways  in  which  their  works  are  part  of  a  wider  cultural  phenomenon  where  early  modern  women  utilized  performance  and  authorship  to  gain  status  within  the  early  modern  social  hierarchy  in  seventeenth-century  England.
■590    ▼aSchool  code:  0096.
■650  4▼aEnglish  literature
■650  4▼aBritish  &  Irish  literature
■650  4▼aModern  literature
■650  4▼aLiterature
■650  4▼aWomens  studies
■650  4▼aAesthetics
■653    ▼aCritical  race  theory
■653    ▼aEarly  modern  period
■653    ▼aAesthetic  performance
■653    ▼aPoetry
■653    ▼aProphecy
■653    ▼aWomen
■690    ▼a0593
■690    ▼a0401
■690    ▼a0453
■690    ▼a0298
■690    ▼a0650
■71020▼aThe  University  of  Iowa▼bEnglish.
■7730  ▼tDissertations  Abstracts  International▼g86-01A.
■790    ▼a0096
■791    ▼aPh.D.
■792    ▼a2024
■793    ▼aEnglish
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17161170▼nKERIS▼z이  자료의  원문은  한국교육학술정보원에서  제공합니다.

Preview

Export

ChatGPT Discussion

AI Recommended Related Books


    New Books MORE
    Statistics for the past 3 years. Go to brief

    Подробнее информация.

    • Бронирование
    • не существует
    • моя папка
    • Первый запрос зрения
    • Non-Book Loan Application
    • Nighttime Book Loan Application
    материал
    Reg No. Количество платежных Местоположение статус Ленд информации
    TF12704 전자도서 대출가능 My Folder 부재도서신고 비도서대출신청 야간 도서대출신청

    * Бронирование доступны в заимствований книги. Чтобы сделать предварительный заказ, пожалуйста, нажмите кнопку бронирование

    Books borrowed together with this book

    Related Popular Books

    Available after logging in.