In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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Page 189
... Mary Fitzallard for the sake of Mary's name ( that is , ' Moll ' ) ( IV.1.65 ) . Sebastian's father , who meanly forbids the marriage because Mary's dowry is too little , condemns Moll because her name is that of whores ( II.2.160 ) ...
... Mary Fitzallard for the sake of Mary's name ( that is , ' Moll ' ) ( IV.1.65 ) . Sebastian's father , who meanly forbids the marriage because Mary's dowry is too little , condemns Moll because her name is that of whores ( II.2.160 ) ...
Page 273
... Mary provides the means to turn tragedy into comedy . The past , the present and the future are ' saved ' because Eve and Mary are aspects of what men are pleased to regard as the ' eternal ' female ; thus , for example , in Foxe's ...
... Mary provides the means to turn tragedy into comedy . The past , the present and the future are ' saved ' because Eve and Mary are aspects of what men are pleased to regard as the ' eternal ' female ; thus , for example , in Foxe's ...
Page 385
... Mary , D. Drama and Imagery in English Medieval Churches . Cambridge , 1963 . Aydelotte , Frank . Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds . Oxford , 1913 . 1903 . Bax , Ernest Belfort . The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptists . Brand , John ...
... Mary , D. Drama and Imagery in English Medieval Churches . Cambridge , 1963 . Aydelotte , Frank . Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds . Oxford , 1913 . 1903 . Bax , Ernest Belfort . The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptists . Brand , John ...
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