”Murderess of Two Husbands”: Female Agency as Female Loyalty in the History of the Nun
This work studies the behaviour of the protagonist of The History of the Nun: or, The Fair Vow- Breaker (1689) to investigate both what motivates her decisions (from pious woman to murderer) and what the objectives of her author may be. The conclusion reached is that female agency and the transgress...
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| Language: | English |
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2018-12-01
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| Series: | Gender Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2019.17.issue-1/genst-2019-0003/genst-2019-0003.xml?format=INT |