Journal Article

'Persuasion by Similitude': Finding Likeness in Shakespeare's 'A Lover's Complaint'

Abstract

This essay considers questions of control and consent in A Lover’s Complaint through an exploration of the Renaissance ‘figure of similitude’. Shakespeare’s poem works through patterns of likeness and unlikeness, exploring the chilling risks involved for women when they – or their lovers – are taken to resemble something they are not.

Authors

Craik, Katharine A.

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dates

Year of publication: 2024
Date of RADAR deposit: 2024-04-30

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