Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 83Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... sexual indeterminacy - hence the fragile charm of Rosalind and Viola , the boy - women . But the ending in marriage of these comedies depends on the resolution of sexual indeterminacy . In that sense , the discovery that Rosal- ind and ...
... sexual indeterminacy - hence the fragile charm of Rosalind and Viola , the boy - women . But the ending in marriage of these comedies depends on the resolution of sexual indeterminacy . In that sense , the discovery that Rosal- ind and ...
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... sexual practices that ran counter to the increasingly intense proscriptions defining sexual intercourse as solely a means of reproduction within the confines of hetero- sexual marriage . Such an understanding was crucial to the ...
... sexual practices that ran counter to the increasingly intense proscriptions defining sexual intercourse as solely a means of reproduction within the confines of hetero- sexual marriage . Such an understanding was crucial to the ...
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... sexual object he has stolen by being " gor'd with Menelaus ' horn " ( 1.1.112 ) . Similarly , when proposing the joust , Hector sees it as a displace- ment of manly performance from one erotic arena to another , when manliness will be ...
... sexual object he has stolen by being " gor'd with Menelaus ' horn " ( 1.1.112 ) . Similarly , when proposing the joust , Hector sees it as a displace- ment of manly performance from one erotic arena to another , when manliness will be ...
Contents
Cumulative Character Index | 355 |
Cumulative Topic Index | 367 |
Cumulative Topic Index by Play | 391 |
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