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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my committee members—Dr. Denise N. Baker, Dr. Michelle M. Dowd and Dr. Jennifer Keith—for their patience, their insight, and their support throughout this process. <strong>The</strong>y have shown me what it really means to profess literature: diligence and professionalism, hard work and collegiality, and the joy of discovery. I will forever be inspired. Thanks especially to Dr. Baker for holding up the lantern at the end of the tunnel and illuminating the path at times when I needed it most. I am very grateful. Thank you to Kim Reigle, Temeka Carter, and Tamara Benson, my classmates and friends, for their inspiration and belief in me; parts of this work were formulated during our lunch meetings. iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER I. READING INCEST: BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION……………...…..…...….…...…1 II. III. IV. ‘SWICHE UNKYNDE ABHOMINACIOUNS’: MEDIEVAL INCEST………………………………….……………...…....14 ‘INCEST IS IN ME’: INCEST AND EARLY MODERN DRAMA …………………………….82 ‘THEIR DARKEST AND MOST THREATENING FORM’: INCEST AND THE GOTHIC……………….………....…...……..…….. 119 V. CONCLUSION.……………..…………………….…………………..........148 BIBLIOGRAPHY...………………………………………………….…………………153 v
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Page 5: APPROVAL PAGE This dissertation has
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50 epilogue that acts as a prayer f
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52 Of wommen were absent as thanne;
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54 speak at length and discover the
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56 Biblical incest, mostly unjudged
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58 of a king and the function of la
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60 country. But the incest—the wo
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62 As chivalry is a controlling the
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64 conflicting demands of love and
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66 material for adaptation or trans
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68 four sons, Gawain, Gaheris, Agra
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70 can not be ameliorated, at least
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72 killed save Mordred, who was fou
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74 surrogate son-knights. Cherewatu
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76 Lo ye all Englysshemen, se ye ha
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78 demonstrated to all present on t
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80 corruption that plagues the Pend
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82 CHAPTER III ‘INCEST IS IN ME
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84 wished to rid himself of Anne Bo
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86 societal forces. The plays focus
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88 in the family and on a national
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90 reputation shifted such that vie
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92 comes not from an instinctive ap
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94 virtue, resists and is made whol
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96 willingness to sacrifice the liv
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98 Rejection of God and divine orde
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100 is as an “ungodly sickness”
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102 exercise her own agency. Though
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104 potential problem of having a f
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106 The plots of these three plays
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108 play, the Duchess will have bee
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110 As we have seen, the Duchess us
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112 BOSOLA. It seems you would crea
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114 But as Ferdinand’s outrages i
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116 knife as phallus. Eros (Cupid)
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118 posed by his slide into unreaso
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120 and, as Kenneth Graham notes, i
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122 Castle of Otranto displays the
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124 Theodore is killed a group of k
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126 memory, and regard your highnes
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128 first Gothic playwright, publis
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130 the castle is there primarily t
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132 strength, and the men enter the
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134 God bless me; and pass’d on.
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136 familiar. It is more usual for
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138 sensation of horror in the audi
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140 foil to the Countess, with her
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142 And when he knelt, weeping, to
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144 Castle of Otranto, the knife is
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146 and political realities during
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149 destruction and disaster. One o
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151 subvert both patriarchy and mon
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153 BIBLIOGRAPHY Aers, David,ed. Me
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155 Classen, Albrecht, ed. Violence
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157 Ford, Jane M. Patriarchy and In
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159 Lenz, Joseph. The Promised End:
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161 Riddy, Felicity. Sir Thomas Mal
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