Amazons and Warrior Women: Varieties of Feminism in Seventeenth-century DramaHarvester Press, 1981 - 234 pages |
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Page 84
... flesh ; halfe beast , halfe Monster : but all Odyous , all Divell ' ( sig . A4r ) . This looks momentarily similar to Williams's Sermon of Apparel : God ' had divided male and female , but the devill hath ioyn'd them . . . halfe man ...
... flesh ; halfe beast , halfe Monster : but all Odyous , all Divell ' ( sig . A4r ) . This looks momentarily similar to Williams's Sermon of Apparel : God ' had divided male and female , but the devill hath ioyn'd them . . . halfe man ...
Page 103
... flesh when time of year serves ' ( III.iii . 19-24 ) . The looseness is likewise a silly attempt : she is stupid to lend money to these ' knights ' , stupid to trust , stupid to be satisfied with sexual reward , the ' piece of flesh ...
... flesh when time of year serves ' ( III.iii . 19-24 ) . The looseness is likewise a silly attempt : she is stupid to lend money to these ' knights ' , stupid to trust , stupid to be satisfied with sexual reward , the ' piece of flesh ...
Page 149
... flesh a Briton soul . ( p.450 ) She looks forward to the heroic blending that the males in fact accomplish . Notably , however , she herself has no part in this blending : she is outside that world ; on stage she is raised up ...
... flesh a Briton soul . ( p.450 ) She looks forward to the heroic blending that the males in fact accomplish . Notably , however , she herself has no part in this blending : she is outside that world ; on stage she is raised up ...
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