In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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... misogyny . It is clear , nevertheless , that those " liberal attitudes " still demanded that , to be wholly acceptable , women should act in accordance with their prescribed role in society : in other words , Humanist / Protestant ...
... misogyny . It is clear , nevertheless , that those " liberal attitudes " still demanded that , to be wholly acceptable , women should act in accordance with their prescribed role in society : in other words , Humanist / Protestant ...
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... misogyny . The earlier definition of bad women is relatively uncomplex - they in some way reject , or act without reference to , contemporary assumptions about womanhood ; they thus oppose the order designed by God and men and are ...
... misogyny . The earlier definition of bad women is relatively uncomplex - they in some way reject , or act without reference to , contemporary assumptions about womanhood ; they thus oppose the order designed by God and men and are ...
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... Misogyny in Literature ( Seattle , 1966 ) , pp . 123 , 127ff . In Volpone too , the intellectual woman seems to disgust Jonson . James I did try to get women away from court ; they established their own club , barring men from ...
... Misogyny in Literature ( Seattle , 1966 ) , pp . 123 , 127ff . In Volpone too , the intellectual woman seems to disgust Jonson . James I did try to get women away from court ; they established their own club , barring men from ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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