Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 13Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 77
... woman to be beautiful and biddable in a male - dominated world . How unreasonable of him ! His heroines , we are told , perpetuate the male myth of woman , as sanctified by the Bible and the marriage - vows of the Church of En- gland ...
... woman to be beautiful and biddable in a male - dominated world . How unreasonable of him ! His heroines , we are told , perpetuate the male myth of woman , as sanctified by the Bible and the marriage - vows of the Church of En- gland ...
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... woman as " other , " representing sexual difference as alien and threat- ening ( Gohlke 1980a , 1980b , 1982 , and Sprengnether 1986 ; see also Adelman 1980 , Garner 1981 , Kahn 1981 , and Wheeler 1981 ) . The Shakespearean hero ...
... woman as " other , " representing sexual difference as alien and threat- ening ( Gohlke 1980a , 1980b , 1982 , and Sprengnether 1986 ; see also Adelman 1980 , Garner 1981 , Kahn 1981 , and Wheeler 1981 ) . The Shakespearean hero ...
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... woman with an eunuch play'd / As with a woman " ( 2.5.5-6 ) . While the double entendre suggests the inadequacy of women with one another as sex partners , the underlying identification of women with eunuchs has equally disturbing ...
... woman with an eunuch play'd / As with a woman " ( 2.5.5-6 ) . While the double entendre suggests the inadequacy of women with one another as sex partners , the underlying identification of women with eunuchs has equally disturbing ...
Contents
Camille Wells Slights The Raw and the Cooked in The Taming of the Shrew | 11 |
A Reading of The Two Gentlemen | 18 |
Festive Theory | 36 |
Copyright | |
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