In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... claims to have come to Troy " for loue of Hector " ( I.p.360 ) ; fighting and dying for this noble love redeems her 4 ... claim that there is " consent of both sides " ) becomes a farcical device in Antonio and Mellida ( 1601 ) and The ...
... claims to have come to Troy " for loue of Hector " ( I.p.360 ) ; fighting and dying for this noble love redeems her 4 ... claim that there is " consent of both sides " ) becomes a farcical device in Antonio and Mellida ( 1601 ) and The ...
Page 224
... claims : the deserted woman , it is suggested , has some justification for insisting that her relationship her " existence ... claim satisfaction for ( bigamous ) abuse of her ' honour ' . Thus these plays are not , actually , so very ...
... claims : the deserted woman , it is suggested , has some justification for insisting that her relationship her " existence ... claim satisfaction for ( bigamous ) abuse of her ' honour ' . Thus these plays are not , actually , so very ...
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... claim that " Neyther yet ought beawtifull women ... beare the blame of that hatred , mortalytie , and destruction , which the unbridled appetites of men are the cause of . " ) Alternatively , Peele , for example , can claim that Paris ...
... claim that " Neyther yet ought beawtifull women ... beare the blame of that hatred , mortalytie , and destruction , which the unbridled appetites of men are the cause of . " ) Alternatively , Peele , for example , can claim that Paris ...
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