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Chastity on the early modern English stage, 1611-1649

, 2014
‘Chastity on the Early Modern English Stage’ seeks to explain the relationship between tragicomedy’s brief and short-lived English popularity and the royal cult of chastity which spanned exactly the same historical time-frame.
Lander Johnson, Bonnie
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Chastity, bachelorhood and masculinity in early modern Europe : the case of the Hospitaller Knights of St. John (c. 1520- c. 1650) [PDF]

, 2009
This chapter engages with gender through an analysis of the historiography of chastity, bachelorhood and masculinity in early modern Europe. We begin with an overview of the ideas and practices related to chastity during the Middle Ages and how these ...
Buttigieg, Emanuel
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Chastity is being true to one’s word - Presenting the story of Vallalamakarajan

, 2021
Devotional literature is not merely a literary work, but also an act of uplifting moral life and the religious beliefs of the people. When we look at devotional literature and religious thoughts, these are the best.
K, Latha, N, Shanmugavadivu
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CHASTITY AS SPECTACLE IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S CYMBELINE AND THOMAS MIDDLETON’S HENGIST

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia
Chastity as Spectacle in William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and Thomas Middleton’s Hengist. This paper is concerned with the depiction of female chastity in Thomas Middleton’s Hengist and William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. It employs Lacanian and Foucauldian
Gabriela CHEAPTANARU
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The Gatekeeper within: Early Modern English Architectural Tropes of Female Consent

Humanities, 2019
This essay maps out a constellation of early modern English feminine gatekeeper tropes that represent female sexual consent and imagine a gendered Cartesian dualism.
Elisa Oh
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Korean Perceptions of Chastity, Gender Roles, and Libido; From Kisaengs to the Twenty First Century

, 2012
The kisaengs were highly educated performing artists that contradicted the historical view that Korean women should be chaste, quiet, and inconspicuous. Beginning in the twentieth century, kisaengs declined in popularity as sexual services became widely ...
Maynes, Katrina
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A Critical Examination of Lucrece’s Chastity: Analyzing the Interplay of Love and Moral Justification in The Rape of Lucrece

Sanskriti
This research paper examines the complex motivations behind Lucrece’s tragic decision to commit suicide in Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece, following her violation by Tarquin.
Liton Baron Sikder
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Mullaithinai chastity in Sangam literature

The basis for the five departments is contained in the primary department. Mullaithina songs are sung in association with the chastity of the heroine. In the cover page, there is a place where the leader’s praises are mentioned, his valor and gift, and ...
N, Hemamalathi
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van Deusen, Nancy, "Chastity: A Study in Perception, Ideals, Opposition."

, 2008
Chastity: A Study in Perception, Ideals ...
Nancy van Deusen (11455792)
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‘Give me chastity’: Masculinity and attitudes to chastity and celibacy in the Middle Ages

, 2013
Augustine's plea to 'give me chastity and continence, but not yet' has resonated with modern readers and writers on the Middle Ages as the 'natural' reaction of men to the demands of Christianity for the restriction or even avoidance of sexual activity ...
Cullum, Patricia, Cullum, Pat, Pat Cullum   +2 more
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