In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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... honour " is defined as " praises " -to get these , they urge 97 Lucina , " be seen and sought . Public and private honour conflict , and public service and its rhetoric are rotten ( so that the virtuous Stoic , Aecius , has to commit ...
... honour " is defined as " praises " -to get these , they urge 97 Lucina , " be seen and sought . Public and private honour conflict , and public service and its rhetoric are rotten ( so that the virtuous Stoic , Aecius , has to commit ...
Page 110
... honours can be picked up without effort . Fletcher indicates that ' gentry ' like the Cozen should go home ; but some gentry are better off in London , and their marriages , built on social position , are rightly dominated by women who ...
... honours can be picked up without effort . Fletcher indicates that ' gentry ' like the Cozen should go home ; but some gentry are better off in London , and their marriages , built on social position , are rightly dominated by women who ...
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... honour ) . When , his suspicions roused , Romont rails , Beaumelle derisively suggests that his " homly " is ... honour ( " desert " ) prompts him to fight and kill Novall and to confront Beaumelle with the intent to kill her . She ...
... honour ) . When , his suspicions roused , Romont rails , Beaumelle derisively suggests that his " homly " is ... honour ( " desert " ) prompts him to fight and kill Novall and to confront Beaumelle with the intent to kill her . She ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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