Woman and Gender in Renaissance Tragedy: Study of King Lear, Othello the Duchess of Malfi and the White Devil |
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... differentiation is marked , in this case , by the sword , but as soon as any sexual act takes place , the lines of differentiation become indistinct . In proposing to Antonio , the Duchess crosses the gender divide . The way in which ...
... differentiation is marked , in this case , by the sword , but as soon as any sexual act takes place , the lines of differentiation become indistinct . In proposing to Antonio , the Duchess crosses the gender divide . The way in which ...
Page 106
... differentiation between men and women that is at stake here , but differentiation among women . Although men , of course , also carried disease , male discourse on the subject , at least in these plays , tends to conceal that fact . The ...
... differentiation between men and women that is at stake here , but differentiation among women . Although men , of course , also carried disease , male discourse on the subject , at least in these plays , tends to conceal that fact . The ...
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... differentiation of women simultaneously establishes or reinforces the differentiation of men . The deployment of women into different classes , then , is in the interest of the ruling elite , because it helps to perpetuate and to ...
... differentiation of women simultaneously establishes or reinforces the differentiation of men . The deployment of women into different classes , then , is in the interest of the ruling elite , because it helps to perpetuate and to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Centrality of Gender | 7 |
Feminism and Tragedy | 9 |
Copyright | |
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