The War of the WenusesThis volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory. |
Contents
Chap Page | 11 |
THE DEATH OF THE EXAMINER | 63 |
THE MAN AT UXBRIDGE ROAD | 81 |
THE TEATRAY IN WESTBOURNE GROVE | 95 |
WRECKAGE | 109 |
BUBBLES | 117 |
CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER THREE | 17 |
LIFE IN THE YEAR 2236 21 | 21 |
THE FIRST NOTE OF WAR 38 | 38 |
THE FLEETS START FOR SPACE 49 | 49 |
FIRST EXPERIENCES OF SPACE 65 | 65 |
FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ENEMY 82 | 82 |
THE GREAT BATTLE IN SPACE 90 | 90 |
IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHT 99 | 99 |
THE END OF THE BATTLE 116 | 116 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 33 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 51 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 64 |
CHAPTER | 85 |
CHAPTER TWELVE | 105 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | 126 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN | 143 |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | 159 |
CHAPTER PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
A PEACEFUL INTERVAL 124 | 124 |
THE CATASTROPHE AT JUPITER 143 | 143 |
THE BATTLE AT THE MOON 159 | 159 |
THE BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON | 168 |
SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE | 185 |
THE END OF THE WAR | 199 |
CONCLUSION | 209 |
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