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Fatal women in renaissance tragedy, 1550-1650

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posted on 2011-11-15, 00:00 authored by Amy Antonio
Drawing upon the femme fatale of film noir, this thesis examines the presence of a fatal woman on the Renaissance stage. The thesis analyses the representation of emotionally and sexually independent women as fatally attractive to, yet ultimately destructive of, the men they entrap and seduce.

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250 p. : PDF file

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thesis

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thesis

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eng

Degree type

Research doctorate

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Ph.D

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2011, Amy Antonio

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G Boucher

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Faculty of Arts and Education

School

School of Communication and Creative Arts

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    femme fatales in literaturewomen in literatureRenaissance literatureOther Literatures in English

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