Tarquin Dispossessed: Expropriation and Consent in "The Rape of Lucrece"

Belsey discusses Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece." She suggests that one can read "Lucrece" in its historical difference, as marking a moment of early modern cultural redefinition, which is registered in the story of possession and dispossession it recounts.

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Published inShakespeare quarterly Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 315 - 335
Main Author Belsey, Catherine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Folger Shakespeare Library 01.10.2001
Oxford University Press
Subjects
British & Irish literature
Classical literature
Cultural differences
Desire
Drama
Early Modern English
English literature
Feminism
Latin literature
Literary criticism
Marital rape
Narrative poetry
Ovid (43 BC-17 AD)
Poetry
Rape
Sexual violence
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Slaves
Suicide
Violence against women
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Summary:Belsey discusses Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece." She suggests that one can read "Lucrece" in its historical difference, as marking a moment of early modern cultural redefinition, which is registered in the story of possession and dispossession it recounts.
ISSN:0037-3222
1538-3555
1538-3555
DOI:10.1353/shq.2001.0037