Required Readings
Articles on cannibalism & taboo:
Lindenbaum - Thinking About Cannibalism (skip sections "Cannibalism & Anthropological Theory," "From Pagan to Primitive," & "The End of Exoticism," pp. 480-485, 487-491)
Excerpt from Thomas Lacqueur's Making of Sex: Chapter 2 "Destiny is Anatomy" (Due Nov. 23)
- Second excerpt (not required): Chapter 5 "Discovery of the Sexes"
Excerpt from Judith Butler's Gender Trouble (Due Nov. 30)
Additional Readings
From John Julian Norwich's Shakespeare's Kings:
Chapters on the History surrounding Richard III
Chapters that compare Shakespeare's plays to the history behind them
Articles on Richard III:
McNeir - Masks of Richard the Third
Articles on/pertaining to Titus Andronicus:
Rice - Cannibalism in Early Modern Drama
Noble - "Two Pasties of Your Heads"
Articles on/pertaining to Gender:
Ayano - Women and the Gender Boundary in Elizabethan England
Dumycz - Female Power - Witchcraft and Gender in Elizabethan England
Additional reading found in your course texts:
- Any of the introductory material to the plays
- Chapters not assigned from Cunningham's Richard III
Additional Resources
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