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Coyness and crime in restoration comedy : women's desire, deception, and agency /

"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 novelty, these plays consistently reveal...

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Main Author:	Thompson, Peggy, 1952 July 28-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press, 2012.
Series:	Transits (Bucknell University)
Subjects:	English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism. English drama (Comedy) > History and criticism. Women in literature. Sex role in literature. Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 17th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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