Woman and Gender in Renaissance Tragedy: Study of King Lear, Othello the Duchess of Malfi and the White Devil |
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... constitute that order ' . I wish to analyse this interaction between tragedy and ideology in terms of gender and gender related issues by examining how the foundations of order , which , I will argue , are crucially dependent on the ...
... constitute that order ' . I wish to analyse this interaction between tragedy and ideology in terms of gender and gender related issues by examining how the foundations of order , which , I will argue , are crucially dependent on the ...
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... constitutes sexual equality , and Meredith is wrong in assuming that something approaching it is a necessary condition for the existence of comedy . Implicit in both Meredith's and Woodbridge's account is the notion that real women were ...
... constitutes sexual equality , and Meredith is wrong in assuming that something approaching it is a necessary condition for the existence of comedy . Implicit in both Meredith's and Woodbridge's account is the notion that real women were ...
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... constitutes an attack on the class structure . In contrast , masculinity defined from above , ( that is by those in ... constitute bestial dependency . Iago is a most avid exponent of lower - class masculinity . Indeed , as much as lago ...
... constitutes an attack on the class structure . In contrast , masculinity defined from above , ( that is by those in ... constitute bestial dependency . Iago is a most avid exponent of lower - class masculinity . Indeed , as much as lago ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Centrality of Gender | 7 |
Feminism and Tragedy | 9 |
Copyright | |
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