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Occult knowledge, science, and gender on the Shakespearean stage /

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Mary Floyd-Wilson's ground-breaking study explores occult beliefs and their relation to women and scientific knowledge in six early modern plays.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Floyd-Wilson, Mary
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 Occultism in literature. Literature and spiritualism. Women in literature. Occultisme dans la littérature. Littérature et spiritisme. Femmes dans la littérature. DRAMA > Shakespeare. LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare. Literature and spiritualism Occultism in literature Women in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Introduction: Secret sympathies
Women's secrets and the status of evidence in All's well that ends well
Sympathetic contagion in Arden of Faversham and A warning for fair women
"As secret as maidenhead": magnetic wombs and the nature of attraction in Shakespeare's Twelfth night
Tragic antipathies in the changeling
"To think there's power in potions": Experiment, sympathy, and the devil in The Duchess of Malfi.