"As You are Well Pronounced by All External Warrants": Women's Bodies and Women's Places in 17th-century Dutch and English DramaWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 2006 - 175 pages |
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Page 48
... perfection as far as man is public perfection ( where the element compared is not perfection but the sphere of activity ) or domestic imperfection as far as man is domestic perfection ( where the element compared is not the sphere of ...
... perfection as far as man is public perfection ( where the element compared is not perfection but the sphere of activity ) or domestic imperfection as far as man is domestic perfection ( where the element compared is not the sphere of ...
Page 129
... perfection . Additionally , even if the heroine is present- ed as a model female , her excellence does not rule out sinister undertones and the plays ' characterisation of womankind reverberates with anxiety about their perilous ...
... perfection . Additionally , even if the heroine is present- ed as a model female , her excellence does not rule out sinister undertones and the plays ' characterisation of womankind reverberates with anxiety about their perilous ...
Page 131
... perfection serves as a step in a ladder a man must climb in his spiritual devel- opment . A disembodied woman herself , however , remains passive and locked up in the crystal cage of her unattainability . Although throughout the play ...
... perfection serves as a step in a ladder a man must climb in his spiritual devel- opment . A disembodied woman herself , however , remains passive and locked up in the crystal cage of her unattainability . Although throughout the play ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Chapter I Constructions of femininity | 17 |
Translation notes | 57 |
Copyright | |
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