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Dympna

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Dympna (lived 7th century AD)

Irish princess and martyr, the patron of the mentally ill. She is reputed to have been murdered by her pagan father in Gheel, Belgium, for rebuffing his incestuous advances. Her feast day is 15 May.



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Smith, "Shakespeare's Sonnets and the History of Sexuality: A Reception History"; Dympna Callaghan, "The Book of Changes in a Time of Change: Ovid's Metamorphoses in Post-Reformation England and Venus and Adonis"; Paul Yachnin, "Shakespeare's Problem Plays and the Drama of His Time: Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure"; Bruce Boehrer, "The Privy and Its Double: Scatology and Satire in Shakespeare's Theatre"; Theodora A.
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Dympna Callaghan, Shakespeare Without Women: Representing Gender and Race on the Renaissance Stage
Shakespeare Without Women: Representing Gender and Race on the ... by Steen, Charlie R. / Renaissance Quarterly
Among the more noteworthy contributors here are Arthur Kinney, Maurice Charney, John Drakakis, Barbara Hodgdon, and Dympna Callaghan.
The State of the Shakespeare Industry. (Review Essay) by Fortier, Mark / Renaissance Quarterly
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