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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12199099.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""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)."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.".
- catalog description "Tested women plot -- Frames of mind -- Finding the dramatic form -- Male role-splitting and reintegration -- The provocation of virtue and the burden of faith -- Living in the king's two bodies -- Acts of persuasion: "the subtlest forms of violence" -- Dramatizing and narrating -- Pamela as epistolary drama -- Plotting, sympathizing, and moralizing -- Theorizing the obligation of self -- Innocence as ignorance: teaching interpretation -- Drama states and landscapes -- Telling and witnessing.".
- catalog extent "viii, 312 p.;".
- catalog hasFormat "Tested woman plot.".
- catalog identifier "081420872X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tested woman plot.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbus : Ohio State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Tested woman plot.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "820.9/352042 21".
- catalog subject "Choice (Psychology) in literature.".
- catalog subject "English literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English literature Stories, plots, etc.".
- catalog subject "Judgment in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and folklore Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Man-woman relationships in literature.".
- catalog subject "Narration (Rhetoric)".
- catalog subject "PR151.W6 B84 2001".
- catalog subject "Temptation in literature.".
- catalog subject "Trials in literature.".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Tested women plot -- Frames of mind -- Finding the dramatic form -- Male role-splitting and reintegration -- The provocation of virtue and the burden of faith -- Living in the king's two bodies -- Acts of persuasion: "the subtlest forms of violence" -- Dramatizing and narrating -- Pamela as epistolary drama -- Plotting, sympathizing, and moralizing -- Theorizing the obligation of self -- Innocence as ignorance: teaching interpretation -- Drama states and landscapes -- Telling and witnessing.".
- catalog title "The tested woman plot : women's choices, men's judgments, and the shaping of stories / Lois E. Bueler.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "Stories, plots, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".