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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

Shakespeare

bawdy medieval version of The Merchant of Venice’s pound of flesh

The bawdy pound-of-flesh motif in the Gesta Romanorum illustrates the moral range of Shakespeare’s medieval sources for The Merchant of Venice. … Read the post bawdy medieval version of The Merchant of Venice’s pound of flesh

on first looking into Slavitt’s Ausonius: prolegomenon to prosaic studies

Slavitt’s Ausonius is an epiphany into prosody with meter of hypertext-hypertext syllable distance. Centos of Virgil & Shakespeare demand prosaic studies. … Read the post on first looking into Slavitt’s Ausonius: prolegomenon to prosaic studies

Johnson’s Dictionary and life show gender bias & gender subordination

Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary defined woman & man with deeply rooted anti-men gender bias. Johnson masochistically enjoyed women dominating him. … Read the post Johnson’s Dictionary and life show gender bias & gender subordination

institutional ownership reduces First Folio liquidity

Institutions holding rare objects like Shakespeare’s First Folio won’t sell them for any price. Well-endowed institutions also won’t die. … Read the post institutional ownership reduces First Folio liquidity

over past four centuries, books much cheaper, but less price dispersion

The First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays, published in 1623, provides a benchmark price for an up-market, popular book about four centuries ago. … Read the post over past four centuries, books much cheaper, but less price dispersion

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