In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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... laws but , like the Duchess's , their transgression reflects a movement towards stability , towards what Shakespeare presents as the redemption and healing of society . This includes Juliet ( whose story is , for a long time , that of a ...
... laws but , like the Duchess's , their transgression reflects a movement towards stability , towards what Shakespeare presents as the redemption and healing of society . This includes Juliet ( whose story is , for a long time , that of a ...
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... law's force before removing to Bewdley . Nicholas Goodman used this incident to allegorise the fortunes of the English ... laws and thoughtless ' morality ' . In Shakerley Marmion's play , Holland's Leaguer ( Prince Charles ' Men , 1632 ) ...
... law's force before removing to Bewdley . Nicholas Goodman used this incident to allegorise the fortunes of the English ... laws and thoughtless ' morality ' . In Shakerley Marmion's play , Holland's Leaguer ( Prince Charles ' Men , 1632 ) ...
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... laws which Elizabeth had 67 confirmed and extended , " but the idea of class distinction — and pretentiousness ... laws see ed . P. L. Hughes and J. F. Larkin , Tudor Royal Proclamations ( New Haven , 1969 ) , Vols . II and III . Such ...
... laws which Elizabeth had 67 confirmed and extended , " but the idea of class distinction — and pretentiousness ... laws see ed . P. L. Hughes and J. F. Larkin , Tudor Royal Proclamations ( New Haven , 1969 ) , Vols . II and III . Such ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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