Early modern women’s concept of woman: the weak body and the heroic inner self
“Frailty, thy name is woman!” (William Shakespeare, Hamlet I. ii. 146). Hamlet’s words to his mother encapsulate the dominant and enduring belief regarding the condition of womankind, shared by men and women likewise: women are frail or “the weaker vessel”. Moreover, their weak bodies shelter their...
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| Language: | eng |
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2021
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/10973 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/10973 |