Games and the Margins: Winning Fops and Gambling Women on the Restoration Comic Stage
Although gambling is traditionally associated with homosocial competition and with the prestige of the aristocratic ethos, Restoration comedies abound with examples of marginal characters at the gambling table. This article explores the symbolic implications of these marginal gamblers in plays writt...
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/11620 |