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- Title
THE TORTOISE AND THE LADY IN VINCENZO CARTARI'S IMAGINI AND JOHN WEBSTER'S THE WHITE DEVIL.
- Authors
Mulryan, John
- Abstract
The article reports that in John Webster's "The White Devil," the character Flamineo, the pandering brother of the beautiful Vittoria, becomes impatient of her resistance to her adulterous lover the Duke of Bracciano and remarks in an aside to the Duke that women are caught as one take tortoises. This piece of tortoise lore had been available since classical times, but one Renaissance source, Vincenzo Cartari's "Imagini," emphasizes the danger of intercourse for the female tortoise and applies the tale to dangers that face women in their sexual relationships with men.
- Subjects
WHITE Devil, The (Theatrical production); WEBSTER, John, ca. 1580-ca. 1625; CARTARI, Vincenzo, b. ca. 1500; MAN-woman relationships; SEXUAL intercourse; LITERARY characters; RENAISSANCE in literature
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 1991, Vol 38, Issue 1, p78
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article