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1、ElizabethanCourtship Introduction AHistoricalViewTheDefinitionofCourtshipThePracticeofElizabethancourtshipAssignment GoodMorning ElizabethanAge 1558 1603 StabilityandProsperityTheRenaissance the14th mid 17thcenturies revivalstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricaleventssuchastherediscoveryofancientRomanandGr
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3、tedremarkableforavariety freshness youthfulnessandromanticardorherministersandcourtierscompeteandrivaloneanotherinshapinggoodverseanestofsingingbirds Genresandconventionsadopted pastoralpoemsmythological eroticpoemscomplaintpoemsandlovesonnetssatiricalandheroic ALover sPrayertoHisGirl Andwillthoulea
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6、 Presentmirthhathpresentlaughter What stocomeisstillunsure Indelaythereliesnoplenty Thencomekissme sweetandtwenty Youth sastuffwillnotendure EarlyModernEnglishMarriage Acomplexbusiness involvingideological social andmaterialforcesElizabethanwomen ssocialandfinanciallibertyisseverelylimitedAnethicalc
7、odethatdefinesfemalehonoraschastity asocialcodethatinsists theornamentofawomanissilence Alegalsystemthatsubjectswomenfirsttotheirfathersandthentotheirhusbands ConjugalFreedomofChoice Oddlyenough Englishcanonlawgivesfemalesover12andmalesover14therighttomarrywithoutparentalpermissionorchurchceremonyTh
8、oughrestrictedbysocialnormsandmaterialconsiderations thislibertyispreservedthroughouttheElizabethanAgeWhydoesthechurchcondonepremaritalsexualityandencouragefilialdisobedience DifferentApproachestotheQuestion StricterlawsarenecessarytopreventmoraldegenerationandsocialdisorderFurtherlimitationswouldsi
9、mplyincreaseillegitimacywithoutcurtailingpremaritalsexuality Courting Marriagecontracts negotiatedbyparents guardiansandkinfolkWhenmarriagearranged themanisexpectedtocourtthewomanandtoobtainherconsentElizabethansconducttheirowncourtship CourtingVenues Courtingcouplesampleopportunitiestomeetaloneorwi
10、thafriend inprivatehomesandinpublicspaces atchurchandoutdoorsermons inalehouses shops andtaverns atpopularfestivalsandvillagedances indesertedfieldsorsecluded tree linedwalksofcountryestates atballsandsocialgatherings and ofcourse atthetheater WooingMethods SuitorsandthesuitedInprivateconversationsInfamiliarlettersInpoetryandpoeticlanguageCourtshipseenasatimetotestcharacter compatibilityanddesire Assignment FindaChinesepoemthatalsodealswithcourtshipanddrawacomparisonbetweenitandanyofthediscussedinclass Thankyou
