Gender and Representations of the Female Subject in Early Modern England

Akiko Kusunoki is Emeritus Professor at Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Japan. She held the role of President of the Shakespeare Society of Japan, and is on the board of trustees of the International Shakespeare Association. She has published, both in Japanese and English, works on Shakespeare and women writers in early modern England.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Emerging New Attitudes towards Women in Early Jacobean England 2. Female Selfhood and Ideologies of Marriage in Early Jacobean Drama: The Duchess of Malfi and The Tragedy of Mariam 3. Lady Mary Wroth and Ideologies of Marriage in Late Jacobean England 4. Representing Elizabeth I in Jacobean England 5. Women and Publishing Their Works Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index