Pouvoirs en conflit dans le personnage de Jane Shore dans The First and Second Parts of King Edward IV de Thomas Heywood
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30 janvier 2024
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Jane Shore Sir Thomas More pouvoir Thomas Heywood calvinismeSujets proches
Womyn Wimmin Woman Womon Human females Standard of value Revival of letters Renaissance--Europe Renaissance--History Destitution Papers Human males Appetency Longing Concept formation Ethology Beauty Personal beauty Grooming, Personal Toilet (Grooming) Complexion Personal grooming Grooming for women Beauty Art--Analysis, interpretation, appreciation Beautiful, The Beauty Esthetics Beautiful, The Taste (Aesthetics) Women's workCiter ce document
Frédérique Fouassier, « Pouvoirs en conflit dans le personnage de Jane Shore dans The First and Second Parts of King Edward IV de Thomas Heywood », Anglophonia Caliban/Sigma, ID : 10.4000/caliban.2141
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In The First and Second Parts of King Edward IV, Thomas Heywood gives a patriarchal and Calvinist interpretation of the very popular story of King Edward IV and his mistress Jane Shore. This paper purposes to study the skein woven by the concepts of femaleness, conflict and power in Heywood’s Jane Shore, by comparing her to other Renaissance versions of her character. She unwillingly arouses Edward’s desire, unaware as she is of the power of her beauty on men. She decides to use her status as a courtesan to help those in need. But there is no possibility for a Calvinist Mary-Magdalene, and Jane dies in utter destitution, stressing her didactic value to women in the audience.