The Independent Woman in the Restoration Comedy of MannersBRILL, 1976 - 255 Seiten |
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... seventeenth century meant the ability to make distinctions between seemingly similar objects ; thus , it counteracts fancy . No longer did quibbles or puns that played on words rather than ideas constitute wit . And neither could ...
... seventeenth century meant the ability to make distinctions between seemingly similar objects ; thus , it counteracts fancy . No longer did quibbles or puns that played on words rather than ideas constitute wit . And neither could ...
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... century before Southerne's heroine , from the time of Shakespeare's Rosalind and Portia , the seventeenth century seemed fascinated with the virago who used her male disguise to dominate and control her world . The Spanish Golden Age ...
... century before Southerne's heroine , from the time of Shakespeare's Rosalind and Portia , the seventeenth century seemed fascinated with the virago who used her male disguise to dominate and control her world . The Spanish Golden Age ...
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... seventeenth century comedy . Much of her wit depends for its effectiveness upon a malicious undercurrent born of her insatiable desire to get the better of someone else . Finally , a recognition of her own sensuality offers her an ...
... seventeenth century comedy . Much of her wit depends for its effectiveness upon a malicious undercurrent born of her insatiable desire to get the better of someone else . Finally , a recognition of her own sensuality offers her an ...
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