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SHAKSPER 1992: Volumnia's "Manliness" (Was Doubling)
From: Hardy M. Cook (hmcook@boe00.minc.umd.edu) Date: 11/09/92
Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 3, No. 311. Sunday, 8 November 1992. From: Doug Rutledge <71222.472@CompuServe.COM> Date: Sunday, Nov. 8, 1992, 22:33:24 EST Subject: Stockholder's Response to Engler on Doubling Comment: SHK 3.0309 Stockholder's Response to Engler on Doubling It seems to me that Volumnia's 'manliness' is very much a part of Coriolanus. Indeed, Volumnia played both father and mother to her warrior son is very proud of that idea. To argue that her double gender role would be accentuated by the fact that a man plays the woman's part seems to me a bit extreme.
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