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Old, Bold and Won’t Be Told: Shakespeare’s Amazing Ageing Ladies
Author(s): Yvonne Oram (Author)
- Publisher: Union Bridge Books
- Publication Date: 1 Jun. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 146 pages
- ISBN-10: 0857282034
- ISBN-13: 9780857282033
Book Description
Old women in Early Modern plays are stereotypically presented as ugly, randy, mouthy, mad. So Shakespeare is rare among dramatists of the day for his lively and empowering depictions of ageing ladies. This well-researched, accessible book looks at the way his old women subvert the stereotypes. There is particular focus on Paulina in The Winter’s Tale as a uniquely powerful old woman.
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About the Author
Yvonne Oram has worked as a journalist and teacher, with an interest in Elizabethan and Jacobean history and drama. www.yvonneoram.com
