The Expense of Spirit integrates feminist and historicist critical approaches to explore the dynamics of cultural conflict and change during a crucial period in the formation of modern sexual values.

Rose examines the glamorous, failed destinies of heroes in plays by William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe ; Queen Elizabeth I's creation of a heroic identity in her public speaches ; autobiographies of four ordinary women ...

This book explores the inconsistent literary representations of motherhood in diverse texts ranging from the fourth to the twentieth centuries.

This is an annual publication devoted to understanding the drama as a central feature of Renaissance culture.

"One day, after Marty the Macaw sees an adventurous boy on a zipline, he decides that he should try to be more exploratory.