In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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... Drama in Heywood and Ford , " English Studies 32 ( 1951 ) , 200-216 ; W. G. Meader , Courtship in Shakespeare : Its Relation to the Tradition of Courtly Love ( New York , 1954 ) ; Robert Brustein , " The Monstrous Regiment of Women ...
... Drama in Heywood and Ford , " English Studies 32 ( 1951 ) , 200-216 ; W. G. Meader , Courtship in Shakespeare : Its Relation to the Tradition of Courtly Love ( New York , 1954 ) ; Robert Brustein , " The Monstrous Regiment of Women ...
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... drama as a whole . Further , defining and studying particular dramatic types , their development and diversification ... drama continually illustrates and explores ; tracing aspects of that attitude throws some light upon the different ...
... drama as a whole . Further , defining and studying particular dramatic types , their development and diversification ... drama continually illustrates and explores ; tracing aspects of that attitude throws some light upon the different ...
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... drama itself . In English drama before ca. 1570 almost the only bad women are whores , bawds and shrews . These types continue to appear in later drama , but also provide models for diverse and more complex characters . This ...
... drama itself . In English drama before ca. 1570 almost the only bad women are whores , bawds and shrews . These types continue to appear in later drama , but also provide models for diverse and more complex characters . This ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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