<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The paper investigates the preoccupations of the 16th and 17th-century English society for the emerging phenomenon and concept of privacy, reflected, among others, in the new ways in which space is employed in defining hierarchies and gender roles. The paper deals with elements of cultural history related to the use and meaning of privacy, private life and private space in a Shakespearean play which is significant for the visual illustration of the concept – Cymbeline, more specifically, the bed-trick scene.</abstract>

The paper investigates the preoccupations of the 16th and 17th-century English society for the emerging phenomenon and concept of privacy, reflected, among others, in the new ways in which space is employed in defining hierarchies and gender roles. The paper deals with elements of cultural history related to the use and meaning of privacy, private life and private space in a Shakespearean play which is significant for the visual illustration of the concept – Cymbeline, more specifically, the bed-trick scene.

It’s A Private Matter. Space And Gender Issues In Shakespeare’s <italic>Cymbeline</italic>

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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It’s A Private Matter. Space And Gender Issues In Shakespeare’s 

The paper investigates the preoccupations of the 16th and 17th-century English society for the emerging phenomenon and concept of privacy, reflected, among...

It’s A Private Matter. Space And Gender Issues In Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 88 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0011

Keywords
bed-trick, gender, privacy, private and public space

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

It’s A Private Matter. Space And Gender Issues In Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 88 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0011

Keywordsbed-trick, gender, privacy, private and public space

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
bed-trick, gender, privacy, private and public space