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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... Nature -- -- Although the potential inclination to homosexual acts resided within all individuals and apparently was natural from a historical point of view , its unnaturalness could also be explained by reference to the same idea of nature ...
... Nature -- -- Although the potential inclination to homosexual acts resided within all individuals and apparently was natural from a historical point of view , its unnaturalness could also be explained by reference to the same idea of nature ...
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... nature in the species as a whole , the female is not something manqué , but is according to the plan of nature [ intentio naturae ] , and is directed to the work of procreation . Now the tendency of the nature of a species as a whole ...
... nature in the species as a whole , the female is not something manqué , but is according to the plan of nature [ intentio naturae ] , and is directed to the work of procreation . Now the tendency of the nature of a species as a whole ...
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... Nature of the Four Elements Rastell , J. players names 1530 Treveris , P. Magnificence , A Goodly Interlude Skelton , J. players names 1532 Rastell , W. Nature , Part 182 , A Goodly Interlude of Medwall , H. players names 1533 Rastell ...
... Nature of the Four Elements Rastell , J. players names 1530 Treveris , P. Magnificence , A Goodly Interlude Skelton , J. players names 1532 Rastell , W. Nature , Part 182 , A Goodly Interlude of Medwall , H. players names 1533 Rastell ...
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