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The Tested Woman Plot

The Tested Woman Plot
Guide Rating -  
Pros  •  Takes a look at narrative tradition.
•  Spans centuries of literature in a provocative study of how a plot evolves through time.
Cons  •  n/a
The Bottom Line - In "The Tested Woman Plot," Lois Butler examines the evolution of a plot over time. She doesn't just look at "any story." Instead, she focuses on works that contain specific kinds of characters, with unique structural and cultural elements."
 
Product Description
•  Author: Lois E. Butler.
•  ISBN: 081420872X
•  Publisher: Ohio State University Press.
 
 
Guide Review
The Tested Woman Plot
After exploring the plot beginnings, with examples like Eve, Susanna, Euripides' Iphgenia, Livy's Virginia and Lucretia, Butler explains how the tested plot is "the single most brilliantly exploited plot in English Renaissance drama." She says, "it structures tragedies, comedies, and romances from early Tudor homiletic plays through the works of Shakespeare, Webster, Fletcher, Middleton, Ford, and Shirley." Read more about it...
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