In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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... appears here when bawds are represented as , at least , honest practitioners of exploitation . The difference between the traditional Morality view and " squint - eyed sight " concerning bawdry can be seen in two plays by Dekker , whose ...
... appears here when bawds are represented as , at least , honest practitioners of exploitation . The difference between the traditional Morality view and " squint - eyed sight " concerning bawdry can be seen in two plays by Dekker , whose ...
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... contains a contemporary ballad describing the move to Bewdley . See also , E. J. Burford , The Queen of the Bawds ( 1973 ) . Shakerley Marmion , Holland's Leaguer ( 1632 ) , p . [ D 3 ] . the Bawd has the upper hand : Marmion appears to 59.
... contains a contemporary ballad describing the move to Bewdley . See also , E. J. Burford , The Queen of the Bawds ( 1973 ) . Shakerley Marmion , Holland's Leaguer ( 1632 ) , p . [ D 3 ] . the Bawd has the upper hand : Marmion appears to 59.
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... appears as if the Puritan - whore equation consti- tutes partial acknowledgement that women subjected to paternalis- tic Puritan rules might find upper - class or gentle " effeminacy " 86 naturally liberating . " This concept might be ...
... appears as if the Puritan - whore equation consti- tutes partial acknowledgement that women subjected to paternalis- tic Puritan rules might find upper - class or gentle " effeminacy " 86 naturally liberating . " This concept might be ...
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THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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