In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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Page 183
... , is persuaded to fight on his side for the good of the country and in the interests of love . Fletcher and Massinger , The Sea Voyage , ed . Waller , Vol . IX , II.p. 19 . of ship - wrecked men , Rosella allows the women 183.
... , is persuaded to fight on his side for the good of the country and in the interests of love . Fletcher and Massinger , The Sea Voyage , ed . Waller , Vol . IX , II.p. 19 . of ship - wrecked men , Rosella allows the women 183.
Page 184
... ship - wrecked men , Rosella allows the women to co - habit with them for a month - after which time she will demand the men be killed as a sacrifice . Excepting Rosella's daughter Clarinda , the women , eager to " use " men , resent ...
... ship - wrecked men , Rosella allows the women to co - habit with them for a month - after which time she will demand the men be killed as a sacrifice . Excepting Rosella's daughter Clarinda , the women , eager to " use " men , resent ...
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... ships , / And burnt the topless towers of Illium ? " seems to be an attempt to make poetic language define a beauty which somehow subsumes destruction . One cannot deny the tension created by the appearance of the pageant - like figure ...
... ships , / And burnt the topless towers of Illium ? " seems to be an attempt to make poetic language define a beauty which somehow subsumes destruction . One cannot deny the tension created by the appearance of the pageant - like figure ...
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