‘Made to write “whore” upon?’: Male and Female Use of the Word ‘Whore’

Stanton, Kay

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“…9 Barbara Hardy claims that the hostess's malapropisms in Part 1 may be identified as putative, whereas in Part 2, they "tend to be more easily recognizable, their thematic levels blatantly dark," 10 Jean Howard and Phyllis Rackin point to the "sexualizing and criminalizing of Quickly in Part II," which coincides with "an increasing emphasis on her economic well-being," 11 and Kay Stanton asserts that although Shakespeare supplies no evidence that the tavern is a bawdy house in 1 Henry IV, "in 2 Henry IV the tavern has indeed become one." 12 In the latest Arden edition of Part 2, James Bulman provides a damning summary of Quickly's character and profession: Furthermore, to a much greater degree than in Part One, Mistress Quickly has a riotously original way of speaking through which she unwittingly reveals her sexual history with Falstaff and punctures her pretence to respectability. .…”

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To Nell and Back: Revisiting Mistress Quickly

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Although the popularity of Shakespeare's Falstaff from 1597 to now receives frequent acknowledgement, his straight-woman, Mistress Quickly, has attracted relatively scant attention. She was popular enough, however, for Shakespeare to include her in four plays, within varied social contexts but with a consistently inconsistent voice. This collaboration reviews the role of Mistress Quickly across all four plays-1&2 Henry IV,, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor-drawing on our experience of editing the character electronically for Internet Shakespeare Editions. These papers report on the problems, choices, and insights that e-editing Mistress Quickly has exposed. Powered by Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation To Nell and Back: Revisiting Mistress Quickly Although Sir John Falstaff has historically inspired an abundance of critical considerations commensurate with his girth, his straightwoman, Mistress Quickly, has received relatively scant attention. She was popular enough, however, for Shakespeare to include her in no fewer than four plays and, in fact, of all the characters invented for 1 Henry IV only Bardolph can equal this feat. Given Mistress Quickly's ubiquity when her plays are considered together, an extended interrogation of the role seems well overdue. This project arose from conversations about editing the Mistress Quickly plays-1 and 2 Henry IV, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor-for the Internet Shakespeare Editions (ISE). 1 The facility of the hyperlink encourages editors of electronic texts to draw attention to echoes and connections across related plays. As editors of plays with several characters in common we were keen to exploit this aspect of our texts; however when we turned to the figure of Mistress Quickly we found good reason to pause and reconsider the effects of jumping via a mouse-click from one play to another. To what extent can Mistress Quickly be viewed as a stable entity? Is there a danger that the hyperlink can create misleading impressions of character consistency? Even deciding on speech prefixes for the different plays in which she appears is tricky. More often than not, she is simply "Hostess" in the history plays; however this appellation is not appropriate for the character in The Merry Wives, where she develops a new professional life, as well as new character traits and a significantly different power-relationship with Falstaff. The following linked papers reassess the role of Mistress Quickly in the Henriad and Merry Wives and considers some of the problems editors, readers and performers face with this slippery, shallow character. "'Neither Fish nor Flesh': Grasping the Hostess of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2," serves as an introduction to Mistress Quickly, considering the development of her voice in the Henry IV plays and the difficulties associated with pinning down a character

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Section: -65) Both References Indicate a Clear Distinction Betwementioning

confidence: 99%