In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... stage ; she evades Antony's attempts to cast her in the role of the victim of revenge in order to stage - manage his death . Her object in doing so seems to be to regain his honour in relation to himself as well as to herself : his ...
... stage ; she evades Antony's attempts to cast her in the role of the victim of revenge in order to stage - manage his death . Her object in doing so seems to be to regain his honour in relation to himself as well as to herself : his ...
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... stage , and , assured of his intent , Cleopatra determines to remain mistress in her own theatre . Forced by Rome's attempt to capture her to act violently , she retires to the self - conscious pose of a queen " Worth many babes and ...
... stage , and , assured of his intent , Cleopatra determines to remain mistress in her own theatre . Forced by Rome's attempt to capture her to act violently , she retires to the self - conscious pose of a queen " Worth many babes and ...
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... Stage . 2 vols . Oxford , 1903 . The Elizabethan Stage . 4 vols . Oxford , 1923 . Cherry , Caroline L. The Most Unvaluedest Purchase : Women in the Plays of Thomas Middleton . Salzburg , 1973 . Clough , W. O. " The Broken English of ...
... Stage . 2 vols . Oxford , 1903 . The Elizabethan Stage . 4 vols . Oxford , 1923 . Cherry , Caroline L. The Most Unvaluedest Purchase : Women in the Plays of Thomas Middleton . Salzburg , 1973 . Clough , W. O. " The Broken English of ...
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