All Semblative a Woman's Part?: Studies in the Staging of and Audience Response to Boy Actors in Sexual Disguise in the Elizabethan Theatre 1580-1615H. Gras, 1991 - 583 pages |
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Page 149
... Friendship Theory Classical friendship theory underwent a thorough revival in the sixteenth century . The growing interest is noticeable , as Mills shows , from the far greater place of friendship in such works as the Adagia and Nova ...
... Friendship Theory Classical friendship theory underwent a thorough revival in the sixteenth century . The growing interest is noticeable , as Mills shows , from the far greater place of friendship in such works as the Adagia and Nova ...
Page 150
... friendship and their language could inspire both legitimations and condemnations of social actions . Friendship ideology was developed in literature , often as a rival to love for women . These rival systems of personal attachment may ...
... friendship and their language could inspire both legitimations and condemnations of social actions . Friendship ideology was developed in literature , often as a rival to love for women . These rival systems of personal attachment may ...
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... friendship might hide and could be used to veil or attack ' sodomy ' . iii . Is Homoeroticism Concealed and Censured in Friendship Literature ? The Case of Sidney's Arcadia The hypothesis that Christian outcries against ' sodomy ...
... friendship might hide and could be used to veil or attack ' sodomy ' . iii . Is Homoeroticism Concealed and Censured in Friendship Literature ? The Case of Sidney's Arcadia The hypothesis that Christian outcries against ' sodomy ...
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