“She that hath wit may shift anywhere”: Women and Wit in Thomas Middleton’s 'A Mad World', 'My Masters' and 'No Wit No Help Like A Woman’s'
This thesis considers Thomas Middleton’s female trickster figures using A Mad World, My Masters, and No Wit No Help Like a Woman’s as example plays. I argue that by having his female characters successfully live by their wits, using their wit to manipulate custom in their intrigues, Middleton allots...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20109 |