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Introduction: Shakespeare and the Iliadic Belly-Monstrous
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 7
- Acknowledgements 9
- Introduction 11
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Part I Mother, Warrior, Monster
- 1. The Monstrosity of Woman and Belly 17
- 2. The Warrior at War 33
- 3. Engendering the Hero: Destruction, Generation, and Kleos Aphthiton 59
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Part II Troy and Its Aftermath: Mothers, Warriors, and Monsters in the Ancient World
- 4. For the Sake of Helen 83
- 5. Clytemnestra and the Furies 99
- 6. Hecuba, Queen of Troy 125
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Part III Elizabethan Anxieties: Mothers, Warriors, and Monsters in Shakespeare
- Introduction: Shakespeare and the Iliadic Belly-Monstrous 149
- 7. Titus Andronicus: Authorizing Warrior and Monster 163
- 8. 1–3 Henry VI and Richard III: The Mother’s Creatures 209
- 9. Coriolanus: A Return to the Source 253
- Bibliography 283
- Index of Subjects 301
- Index Locorum 319
- Index Verborum 335
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 7
- Acknowledgements 9
- Introduction 11
-
Part I Mother, Warrior, Monster
- 1. The Monstrosity of Woman and Belly 17
- 2. The Warrior at War 33
- 3. Engendering the Hero: Destruction, Generation, and Kleos Aphthiton 59
-
Part II Troy and Its Aftermath: Mothers, Warriors, and Monsters in the Ancient World
- 4. For the Sake of Helen 83
- 5. Clytemnestra and the Furies 99
- 6. Hecuba, Queen of Troy 125
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Part III Elizabethan Anxieties: Mothers, Warriors, and Monsters in Shakespeare
- Introduction: Shakespeare and the Iliadic Belly-Monstrous 149
- 7. Titus Andronicus: Authorizing Warrior and Monster 163
- 8. 1–3 Henry VI and Richard III: The Mother’s Creatures 209
- 9. Coriolanus: A Return to the Source 253
- Bibliography 283
- Index of Subjects 301
- Index Locorum 319
- Index Verborum 335