Anne Shakespeare’s feminine voice, again (Part 2)
In this post I want to expand a little more on what I consider to be Anne Shakespeare’s feminine voice.
Anne Shakespeare’s feminine voice (Part 1)
While it is difficult to pin Anne Shakespeare down to a specific (20th-21st century) feminine movement, what is obvious is that Anne is a humanist.
Anne Shakespeare's Feminism is humanism
Anne Shakespeare's feminism has its roots in Renaissance humanism, that was at its most fundamental level, concerned with what it means to be human.
Anne Shakespeare and the Fourth Wave
The emerging fourth wave of feminism has deep roots stretching back to Anne Shakespeare's plays and poems. When we talk of intersectionality (gender, race, colour), of social media (think theatre) and rape culture and violence against women then no-one should be surprised that Anne covered all of these in her plays and poems.
Anne Shakespeare and her feminine voice
Every poem, sonnet and play Anne Shakespeare wrote has one purpose, it is Anne searching for (and finding) her own voice - a female voice in a male dominated world.
Was Anne Shakespeare a feminist?
If we are speaking of Anne Shakespeare, the real author of the works, the answer is: Yes. On the other hand, the short answer is: No. That is a no if we are speaking of William Shakespeare (the assumed author of the works).