Stories
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
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Cuckolds haven: or, The marry'd mans miserie : who must abide the penaltie of being hornify'd: hee unto his neighbours doth make his case knowne, and tels them all plainly, the case is their owne. To the tune of, the Spanish gipsie.
Date: [1638]- Books
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The london-Cuckolds. A comedy; as it is now acted at both theatres. By Edward Ravenscroft, Gent.
Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707.Date: M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]- Books
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The london-Cuckolds. A comedy. As it is now acted at both theatres. By Edward Ravenscroft, Gent.
Ravenscroft, Edward, 1654?-1707.Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]- Books
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The wives excuse: or, Cuckolds make themselves. A comedy. As it was acted at the Thatre [sic] Royal, by their Majesties servants, in the year 1692. Written by Mr. Southern.
Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746.Date: 1726- Books
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The works of Mr. Thomas Southerne. ... . Containing, The Loyal Brother: Or, The Persian Prince. The Disappointment: Or, The Mother in Fashion. Sir Anthony Love Or, The Rambling Lady. The Wives Excuse: Or, Cuckolds make Themselves.
Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746.Date: MDCCXXI. [1721]