Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Social Logic of Ben Jonson's Epicoene

What effects did the vast increase in population have on the proximity and density of bodies during the Jacobean period, and how did this influence the difference between public and private spheres, as well as the overlap between public and private spheres? As these spheres are gendered, how did attitudes towards gender and a woman’s ‘place’ shift as the population grew?

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