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  • Intersections of new historicism and contemporary theory in renaissance literature

    Creator:
    Harrington, Erin R.
    Abstract:
    In this thesis, I use modern concepts of feminism, gender performativity, and psychoanalysis as a means to understand female characters and authors of Renaissance England in a new way. In my first article, I analyze various texts and performances of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as texts of Renaissance female...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Britomart from Spenser's The Faerie Queene. In both pieces, I argue that these women (historical and