Female Chastity and Commoditized Selfhood in "Bartholomew Fair"

This essay argues that female chastity figures centrally in Bartholomew Fair's exploration of early capitalist subjectivity. In the play, Jonson suggests that the market compromises masculinity and posits Grace Wellborn's self-conscious commoditization of her own sexual agency as a strateg...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Studies in English literature, 1500-1900 1500-1900, 2015-03, Vol.55 (2), p.309-326
1. Verfasser:	GILLEN, KATHERINE
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Commercial markets Dramatists Jonson, Ben (1573-1637) Nobility Self concept Society Subjectivity
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