Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 28Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... sexual abuse , the pugnacious Shallow refuses to back down . The terms of the dispute escalate as Falstaff and his ... sexual of- fenses and , eventually , focuses almost exclusively on sexual offenses - particularly the sexual slander ...
... sexual abuse , the pugnacious Shallow refuses to back down . The terms of the dispute escalate as Falstaff and his ... sexual of- fenses and , eventually , focuses almost exclusively on sexual offenses - particularly the sexual slander ...
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... sexual discussion of Hamlet , miming the features of Renaissance legal treatments of the subject . The ety- mological roots of ' secret ' and ' sex ' are the same , and in contemporary judicial discourses ' secrets ' indicated the sexual ...
... sexual discussion of Hamlet , miming the features of Renaissance legal treatments of the subject . The ety- mological roots of ' secret ' and ' sex ' are the same , and in contemporary judicial discourses ' secrets ' indicated the sexual ...
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... sexual appetite , the incestuous " dexterity " of the queen ( 1. 157 ) which indeed occupies the core of Hamlet's being and " denote [ s him ] truly , " as a generalized sign of the bestial inconstancy of all womankind . Like son , like ...
... sexual appetite , the incestuous " dexterity " of the queen ( 1. 157 ) which indeed occupies the core of Hamlet's being and " denote [ s him ] truly , " as a generalized sign of the bestial inconstancy of all womankind . Like son , like ...
Contents
Texts and Revels in Twelfth Night | 13 |
Lynda E Boose The Taming of the Shrew Good Husbandry and Enclosure | 21 |
Juliet Dusinberre As Who Liked It? | 31 |
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