<em>All’s</em> [Not] <em>Well</em>: Female Service and ‘Vendible’ Virginity in Shakespeare’s Problem Play

The article examines the economics of female service in William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, paying particular attention to the role Helena plays as mistress to the Widow Capilet and Diana. Such a focus reveals that what lies at the heart of All’s Well is not only, as previous scholarshi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emily Gerstell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Early Modern Studies
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/7038