Pleasure and Gender in the Writings of Thomas More: Pursuing the Common Weal

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION 1 ONE Pleasure, Gender, and the Pursuit of the Common Weal 11 TWO Chance, Gender, Pleasure, and the Pursuit of the Common Weal 37 THREE Being a Woman, Pleasure, and the Pursuit of Whose Common Weal? 63 FOUR Masculinity, Friendship, Pleasure, and the Pursuit of Which Common Weal? 101 FIVE Role-Play, Masculinity, Pleasure—In and Beyond Pursuit of the Common Weal 125 CONCLUSION 139 Notes 143 Index 173 ...