In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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... present in such a development , nor to depreciate the accomplishments of early Tudor dramatists , of the Carolines , or , indeed , of Restoration playwrights . Similarly , Alfred Harbage's distinction of two different types of play ...
... present in such a development , nor to depreciate the accomplishments of early Tudor dramatists , of the Carolines , or , indeed , of Restoration playwrights . Similarly , Alfred Harbage's distinction of two different types of play ...
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... present in Lucius ' recognition that general dishonesty encourages whoredom , and in Flavia's paraodying of wifely attitudes when she rebuffs Lucius for his 55 " infidelity " ( his marriage ) as much as for impecuniosity . Furthermore ...
... present in Lucius ' recognition that general dishonesty encourages whoredom , and in Flavia's paraodying of wifely attitudes when she rebuffs Lucius for his 55 " infidelity " ( his marriage ) as much as for impecuniosity . Furthermore ...
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... present them . One ' solution ' the Duke offers Bianca is sexual : " strive not to seek / Thy liberty , and keep me still in prison . / ... We '11 both be freed together , or stay still by ' t " ( II.2.387f . ) . " Wisdom " prompts him ...
... present them . One ' solution ' the Duke offers Bianca is sexual : " strive not to seek / Thy liberty , and keep me still in prison . / ... We '11 both be freed together , or stay still by ' t " ( II.2.387f . ) . " Wisdom " prompts him ...
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THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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