Bewitching Power: The Virtuosity of Gender in Dekker and Massinger's The Virgin Martyr
This paper examines the reversals of gender in Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger's play The Virgin Martyr (1622) in light of early modern scientific notions of the female body. Like well-known female martyrs from the period, such as Anne Askew, the protagonist, Dorothea, takes on characteristi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2019]
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Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 11 |
| Further subjects: | B
Virgin
B Masculinity B Drama B Gender B Martyrdom B Jacobean B Early Modern |
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