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Page 188
... . II , p . 428 . The Letters of John Chamberlain , ed . N. E. McClure ( Philadelphia , 1939 ) , Vol . I , Letter to Carlton , 12th February , 1611 [ 1612 ] , p . 334 . in The Roaring Girl as a Robin Hood figure , 188.
... . II , p . 428 . The Letters of John Chamberlain , ed . N. E. McClure ( Philadelphia , 1939 ) , Vol . I , Letter to Carlton , 12th February , 1611 [ 1612 ] , p . 334 . in The Roaring Girl as a Robin Hood figure , 188.
Page 189
... Robin Hood figure , whose ' jests ' almost obscure her criminality . Middleton claimed that the 16 poet's job was to make things better than he found them . Despite romantic sentimentality , The Roaring Girl makes its point about ...
... Robin Hood figure , whose ' jests ' almost obscure her criminality . Middleton claimed that the 16 poet's job was to make things better than he found them . Despite romantic sentimentality , The Roaring Girl makes its point about ...
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... Robin , and his of her , can scarcely have been intended to get a serious response - she is less night - hag than symbolic shrew . The inclusion of a Skimmington procession strengthens one's impression that Heywood wants to suggest that ...
... Robin , and his of her , can scarcely have been intended to get a serious response - she is less night - hag than symbolic shrew . The inclusion of a Skimmington procession strengthens one's impression that Heywood wants to suggest that ...
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