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Jordan asserts that these loyal subjects demonstrated to Shakespeare's diverse audiences that the vitality of the body politic, its dynastic future and its material productivity depend on a co-operative union of ruler and subject. Drawing on representations of servitude and slavery in the humanist and political literature of the period, the author shows that Shakespeare's abusive rulers suffer as much as they impose on their subjects. 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Renaissance feminism, she maintains, was a feature of a broadly revisionist movement that regarded the medieval model of creation as static and hierarchical and favored a model that was dynamic and relational. Jordan examines pro-woman arguments found in dozens of pan-European texts in the light of present-day notions of authority and subordination, particularly resistance theory, in an attempt to link gender issues to larger contemporary theoretical and institutional questions.   Drawing on sources as varied as treatises on marriage and on education, defenses and histories of women, popular satires, moral dialogues, and romances, Renaissance Feminism illustrates the broad scope of feminist argument in early modern Europe, recovering prowoman arguments that had disappeared from the record of gender debates and transforming the ways in which early modern gender ideology has been understood.   Renaissance scholars and feminist critics and historians in general will welcome this book, and medievalists and intellectual historians will also find it valuable reading.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50361822282001,"sku":"CIN0801497329G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50893366657297,"sku":"GOR014109562","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50903189487889,"sku":"GOR008137270","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52819085623569,"sku":"CIN0801497329VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0801497329.jpg?v=1758966555"},{"product_id":"reason-and-imagination-book-constance-jordan-9780199899104","title":"Reason and Imagination","description":"Judge Learned Hand is an icon of American Law. 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They reflect Hand's engagement with the issues of the day, ranging from the aftermath of World War I and the League of Nations, the effects of the Depression in the United States, the rise of fascism and the outbreak World War II, McCarthyism, and the Supreme Court's decisions on segregation, among many other topics. Equally important, the letters showcase decades of penetrating and original thought on the major themes of American jurisprudence, particularly key interpretations of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, and will thus be invaluable to those interested in legal issues.  Most of these letters have never before been published, making this collection a priceless window into the mind and life of one of the giants of American law.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52352059080977,"sku":"NLS9780199899104","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780199899104.jpg?v=1758181567"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-constance-jordan.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}