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Paragons Of Virtue With Carnal Appetites: The Women In Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, And Antony And Cleopatra, Michele Gibney
Paragons Of Virtue With Carnal Appetites: The Women In Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, And Antony And Cleopatra, Michele Gibney
Michele Gibney
A theme that Shakespeare treat several times in his plays is the sexual mistrust of women and their subsequent testing and vindication. It appears that men “perceiving sexuality as power over women, fear its loss through female betrayal,” (VIII, 41). Specifically I am choosing to look at three plays, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, and Antony and Cleopatra, in order to examine the different ways in which females in these plays, Desdemona, Hero, and Cleopatra, cope with the male insecurities that they are confronted with. In so doing, I hope to point out that Shakespeare’s reasoning in continually bringing up …
Material Culture And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson
Material Culture And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson
Clifford Davidson
The contributions by distinguished American and British scholars to this volume recognize that early drama depended on specific developments in material culture in order to achieve its effects, which included both visual and auditory means of appealing to audiences. The discussions range from the parchment and paper on which the plays were written to the instruments which enhanced their production. Of special interest is Mary Remnant’s survey of musical instruments available to producers; she is the recognized expert on medieval English instruments.
Baptism, The Three Enemies, And T. S. Eliot, Clifford Davidson
Baptism, The Three Enemies, And T. S. Eliot, Clifford Davidson
Clifford Davidson
No abstract provided.
“‘Thou Art Exact Of Taste’: The Ars Amatoria As Intertext In Paradise Lost.”, M. Stapleton
“‘Thou Art Exact Of Taste’: The Ars Amatoria As Intertext In Paradise Lost.”, M. Stapleton
M. L. Stapleton
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“‘Thou Idle Wanderer, About My Heart’: Rochester And Ovid.”, M. L. Stapleton
“‘Thou Idle Wanderer, About My Heart’: Rochester And Ovid.”, M. L. Stapleton
M. L. Stapleton
No abstract provided.
Elizabeth Moody, Jan Wellington
Edward Bond’S ‘Irresponsibly Optimistic’ Preface To Saved, Robert Lublin
Edward Bond’S ‘Irresponsibly Optimistic’ Preface To Saved, Robert Lublin
Robert Lublin
No abstract provided.