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"Madwoman," he cried, growing frightened, and, defending himself with all his masculine strength, pushed her away.
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'Madwoman' to launch readings by professional actors
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'Madwoman' to launch readings by professional actors
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"Madwoman," Barry said, and Kay assured him, "Nan'll be all right.
Dangerous Ages Rose Macaulay 1919
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In 1979, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar published The Madwoman in the Attic, a feminist exploration of Victorian literature, in which they claimed that male writers had traditionally tended to define female characters as either the "angel" (pure, meek and submissive) or the "monster" (a woman who was sensual, rebellious, unkempt and untethered).
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Kate's Quilting (& other fibre arts) Blog: Madwoman quilter ... skip to main | skip to sidebar
Madwoman quilter... katelnorth 2008
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Always a first-rate realism thespian, Daly may never have struck any casting director as right for the loopy title character in The Madwoman of Chaillot, but her medley of three songs from Jerry Herman's Jean Anouilh adaptation, Dear World, would likely land her the slot in any mooted revival.
David Finkle: The Real Tyne Daly Stands Up at Manhattan's Feinstein's at Loews Regency 2010
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; "The Fake Madwoman," 6-7 p.m. Bring picnic items, lawn chairs, insect spray and flash lights.
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Gilbert and Gubar, The Madwoman in the Attic, 2d ed.
Hillary Rettig: The Eroticization of Equality and Social Justice 2009
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La loca 101 (Madwoman 101, 1973) relates the tribulations of the aspiring writer whose drive to write and social and familial responsibilities threaten her mental stability.
Alicia Steimberg. 2009
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