"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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... reason , woman is first of all a fluid , sensual being which must be tamed , shaped and domesti- cated . Woman's unruly senses are frequently confronted with and opposed to man's reason , from which juxtaposition a representation of ...
... reason , woman is first of all a fluid , sensual being which must be tamed , shaped and domesti- cated . Woman's unruly senses are frequently confronted with and opposed to man's reason , from which juxtaposition a representation of ...
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... reason and the dis- course of desire and longing identified with the body . The duel is finally won by the body , and the ultimate sign of the fact that reason has been discarded is first Griane's changed facial expression and later ...
... reason and the dis- course of desire and longing identified with the body . The duel is finally won by the body , and the ultimate sign of the fact that reason has been discarded is first Griane's changed facial expression and later ...
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... reasons for this incongruous evaluation is Florendus's unwavering faithfulness and adher- ence to the rational opposed to ... reason by her passions as the fulfilment of her nature . Higher humanity is hardly contemplated by her ” [ 29 ] ...
... reasons for this incongruous evaluation is Florendus's unwavering faithfulness and adher- ence to the rational opposed to ... reason by her passions as the fulfilment of her nature . Higher humanity is hardly contemplated by her ” [ 29 ] ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Chapter I Constructions of femininity | 17 |
Translation notes | 57 |
Copyright | |
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