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Unnatural and unconventional liaisons in English renaissance drama : the Duchess of Malfi, Women beware women and 'Tis a pity she's a whore /
Friederike Schmiga studied English literature, linguistics and philosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the University of Edinburgh. Her academic interests include the history of medieval philosophy and English Renaissance literature. She is currently doing research at the Universi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Nordhausen :
Verlag Traugott Bautz GmbH,
2015.
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| Colección: | Poetry, music and art ;
Bd. 7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Titelei; Impressum; Inhaltsverzeichnis; Preface by Monika Fludernik ; Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction; 2 Unnatural and Unconventional Liaisons; 2.1 Nature and Convention; 2.2 Deviation and Transgression; 2.3 Wives and Whores; 3 The Duchess of Malfi; 3.1 The Duchess and Antonio; 3.1.1 The Duchess
- A "Lusty Widow"?; 3.1.2 Merit versus Birth; 3.1.3 Antonio the "Misruler"?; 4 Women Beware Women; 4.1 The Ward and Isabella; 4.1.1 Marriage Enforced; 4.1.2 Disparity between the Spouses; 4.1.3 Firmly in Hippolito's Hands; 4.1.4 Isabella's Motivation; 4.1.5 The Bride on Display.
- 4.2 Isabella and Hippolito4.2.1 Incest; 4.2.2 Betrayed by Livia; 4.2.3 Adultery; 4.3 Leantio and Bianca; 4.3.1 Leantio's Conception of the Marriage as Theft; 4.3.2 Social Mobility; 4.3.3 Bianca's Consent?; 4.3.4 Too Much Restraint; 4.3.5 Leantio's Extremeness; 4.4 Bianca and the Duke; 4.4.1 Caught in Livia's Trap; 4.4.2 Violent Beginning; 4.4.3 Bianca the "Strumpet"?; 4.4.4 Moving into Marriage; 4.5 Leantio and Livia; 4.5.1 Livia's Downfall; 4.5.2 Courtship or Purchase?; 4.5.3 Livia
- A "Lusty Widow"?; 5 'Tis Pity She's a Whore; 5.1 Giovanni and Annabella; 5.1.1 Incest; 5.1.2 Secret Marriage?
- 5.1.3 The Vow of Loyalty5.1.4 Giovanni's "Idolatry"; 5.2 Annabella and Soranzo; 5.2.1 Betrayal of Hippolita; 5.2.2 Marriage Enforced?; 5.2.3 Annabella's Reversal; 5.2.4 Soranzo's Character; 6 Conclusion; 7 References; 7.1 Editions of the Plays; 7.2 Bibliography.