UID:
almafu_9958352443802883
Format:
1 online resource (320 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812205039
Content:
Kathryn Schwarz considers sixteenth- and seventeenth-century narratives in which women willingly conform to social conventions. She argues that these acts of compliance construct a paradox of prescribed choice, which illuminates complex relationships between hierarchy and contract within heterosocial systems.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Illustrations --
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Note on Citation --
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Introduction: Virtue Trouble --
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Chapter One. Willing Women --
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Chapter Two. Willful Speech: Metonymy and Mastery --
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Chapter Three. Acts of Will: Misogyny and Masquerade --
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Chapter Four. ‘‘My Intents Are Fix’d’’: Constant Will in All’s Well That Ends Well --
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Chapter Five. ‘‘Will in Overplus’’: Recasting Misogyny in the Sonnets --
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Chapter Six. ‘‘Twixt Will and Will Not’’: Chastity and Fracture in Measure for Measure --
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Chapter Seven. ‘‘Fallen Out With My More Headier Will’’: Dislocation in King Lear --
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Epilogue. Or: The Roman Matron --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812205039
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205039
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205039
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