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1 online resource (203 pages). |
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Transits : literature, thought & culture
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Transits (Bucknell University)
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; abbreviations; chapter 1. coyness, conduct, and she would if she could; chapter 2. feminine illusion and masculine violence in wycherley's comedies; chapter 3. unruly women and patriarchal control in dryden's the kind keeper; chapter 4. coyness, love, and money in behn's comedies; chapter 5. liberty and coyness in shadwell's comedies; chapter 6. novelty and coyness in congreve and trotter; chapter 7. marriage, virtue, and coyness in southerne, vanbrugh, and pix; notes; bibliography; index; about the author. |
| Summary |
.Cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt}.csA62DFD6A{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; }.cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; }Coyness and Crime examines the extraordinary focus on feminine coyness in forty English comedies by ten diverse playwrights of the late seventeenth-century. In contexts ranging from reaffirmations of church and king to emerging interests in liberty and. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism.
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English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
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English drama (Comedy) |
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Feminist literary criticism.
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Feminist literary criticism. |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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17th century |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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1600-1700 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thompson, Peggy. Coyness and Crime in Restoration Comedy : Women's Desire, Deception, and Agency. Lanham : Bucknell University Press, ©2011 9781611483727 |
| ISBN |
9781611483734 |
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1611483735 |
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1283362449 |
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9781283362443 |
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9781611483727 (hardback) |
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