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S/LI/449. Women and Virtue in Jacobean City Comedies

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2250
DATE:
2010
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The paper looks at early-modern English literature describing the historical background of Jacobean England and showing how the reformation of religion and the reigns of two queens in the Tudor dynasty influenced contemporary attitudes towards women and female virtues. A reflection of societal attitudes is traced in city comedies by Shakespeare, Jonson and Marston.

 

KEYWORDS: Shakespeare, Jonson, Marston, Jacobean England, city comedy,

 
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