“To guard this Paradise from any second violation”: Ysabinda and the Eastern female body as contested territory in Dryden’s Amboyna (1673)
This article focuses on John Dryden’s 1673 play Amboyna, or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants, and more particularly on the figure of Ysabinda, and the island she represents, as contested territory. This article demonstrates that Ysabinda’s relationship with her English fiancé Towe...
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Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
2022-12-01
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| Series: | XVII-XVIII |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/1718/10378 |