In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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Page 237
... order ; adulteresses destroy the order of the family , jeopardising the transfer of property to ( male ) heirs . Amazons , who replace ' normal ' hierarchies with those based on their own values , signify the feminisation of society ...
... order ; adulteresses destroy the order of the family , jeopardising the transfer of property to ( male ) heirs . Amazons , who replace ' normal ' hierarchies with those based on their own values , signify the feminisation of society ...
Page 240
... order and a quasi- Christian morality ; Nature and legitimate sexual relationships , in any society represented , also constitute an order . These orders are accorded spiritual significance , so that one way to oppose them is to be ...
... order and a quasi- Christian morality ; Nature and legitimate sexual relationships , in any society represented , also constitute an order . These orders are accorded spiritual significance , so that one way to oppose them is to be ...
Page 270
... order deservedly being replaced by the simple orthodox piety 53 of the younger generation . Brunhalt demonstrates her disdain for the new world of absolute masculine virtue by inviting her favourite to bed when he has just been deprived ...
... order deservedly being replaced by the simple orthodox piety 53 of the younger generation . Brunhalt demonstrates her disdain for the new world of absolute masculine virtue by inviting her favourite to bed when he has just been deprived ...
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