Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical

Anna Jameson's pioneering nineteenth-century study of Shakespeare's heroines, examining the women of the plays, from Portia and Juliet to Lady Macbeth, as fully realized characters.

At a glance An eloquent and influential early work of feminist literary criticism. Long before literary criticism took women's characters seriously, one perceptive writer… Anna Jameson's essays opened a path others would follow. What it's about First published in 1832 and often known by its later title on…

First published in 1832 and often known by its later title on Shakespeare's heroines, this work examines the principal female characters of Shakespeare's plays, grouping them by temperament and moral character.