Cleaning House: the Courtly and the Popular in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

This paper explores the controversy as to whether The Merry Wives of Windsor is a celebration of royal and aristocratic power and of an imagined national community, or a suburban comedy whose viewpoint is that of the contemporary English middle-class. Drawing on recent work on female authority in ho...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical Survey. - Berghahn Books, 1962. - 22(2010), 1, Seite 26-40
1. Verfasser:	HOLDERNESS, GRAHAM (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Critical Survey
Schlagworte:	Behavioral sciences Arts Business Political science Social sciences


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