Annotated Bibliography on the Prevelence of Rape in...

Greenstadt, Amy. Read It In Me: the Authors Will in Lucrece. Shakespeare Quarterly. 57.1 (Spring 2006): 45-70. JStore. Web. 18 February 2014. In this body of work, associate professor at the University of Portland, Amy Greenstadt presents a compelling argument exploring William Shakespeares precise use of words in his poem The Rape of Lucrece. Structurally, Greenstadt employs a close reading method and anchors her research findings with the confirmation of concurring academics. Initially, Greenstadt introduces her readership to an innovation taking place in the world of publication during the Renaissance, which she refers to as an era of the writers will (47). Greenstadt thus substantiates her argument by suggesting that the innovation allows the poem to stand as a model through which female subjectivity is re-evaluated (46). Subsequently, Greenstadt validates her argument by concentrating largely on words that hold a double entendre particularly with respect to the meaning of publication. This aspect of her argument acts as both the strength, but also the fragility of her assertion. Greenstadt explains Shakespeare uses th e word publish as a homonym of sorts. Pragmatically, with respect to the final stanza in the poem, Shakespeare employs the word publish to announce publically Tarquines assault on Lucrece; however, Greenstadt argues that Shakespeare inevitably also uses the word publish in the literal sense as well. As in, he is publishing a