The tested woman plot
women's choices, men's judgments, and the shaping of stories
by Lois E. Bueler
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"In this study, Lois E. Bueler examines in broad literary historical terms what she calls the Tested Woman Plot, a "story-machine" that originated in the ancient Mediterranean world (as in the stories of Eve and Lucretia), flourished in English Renaissance drama (as in Much Ado about Nothing and The Changeling), and continued into the novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (as in Clarissa, Adam Bede, and The Scarlet Letter).".
"Encyclopedic in scope, The Tested Woman Plot is a provocative look at a key narrative tradition that spans many genres and should appeal to all serious students of literature."--BOOK JACKET.
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Choice (Psychology) in literature, English literature, History and criticism, Judgment in literature, Literature and folklore, Man-woman relationships in literature, Narration (Rhetoric), Stories, plots, Temptation in literature, Trials in literature, Women in literature, English literature, history and criticism, Choice (psychology), Temptation, Trials, Narration (rhetoric)Places
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The tested woman plot: women's choices, men's judgments, and the shaping of stories
2001, Ohio State University Press
in English
081420872X 9780814208724
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.
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