FEMINISMS AND EARLY MODERN TEXTS. Essays For Phyllis Rackin.

First edition, first printing. Original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With a black and white frontispiece portrait of Phyllis Rackin. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the head of the spine slightly bumped. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that is very slightly rubbed and creased at the edges.

A collection of essays on feminism and gender in relation to Shakespeare and early modern literature, published in honour of the scholar Phyllis Rackin and written by her former students and colleagues. Subjects covered include domesticity as women's empowerment, race and masculinity, early modern women's writing and the connection between the sonnet and a lady's closet. Phyllis Rackin is a former President of the Shakespeare Association of America and Professor Emerita of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She has published widely on Shakespeare and is particularly committed to and influential in the field of the feminist study of Shakespeare.