Dressed to Kill : : Death and Meaning in Zaya's Desengaños / / Elizabeth Rhodes.
The noble wives in María de Zayas's Desengaños suffer terrible fates: one is beheaded, another poisoned, one is cemented into a chimney, while yet another is locked into a tiny wall closet where she dies. The hallmark of Zayas's aesthetics, these characters are the central reason why her f...
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