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"SWEETE MISTRESSE WHERE AS I LOUE YOU NOTHING AT ALL" : INDETERMINACY AND AMBIGUITY IN ROISTER DOISTER

"SWEETE MISTRESSE WHERE AS I LOUE YOU NOTHING AT ALL" : INDETERMINACY AND AMBIGUITY IN ROISTER... ~~ SWlEIE1'IE MKS1'RESSIE WHIERE AS I lLOUE YOU N01'HKNG A l' AlLlL~~ ~ INDlE1'lERMINACY AND AMlBKGll1rY KN ROISTER DOISTER primarily has involved studies of its sources and analyses of its interpretative ambiguities. As Baldwin, Hinton, and Maulsby have explained, Udall drew upon plays by Terence and Plautus to create his comic characters and plot, which is organized according to the classical unities and the Terentian five-act structure. Edgerton, Plumstead, and Miller have examined the play's medieval sources and motifs, pointing out the ways in which Chaucer, morality plays, chivalric traditions, and Catholic liturgy have influenced Udall. Scholarly analysis of the play's interpretative ambiguities has concentrated on the two versions of the amatory letter to Dame Constance, which have been used to establish the date and authorship of the play. The letters were cited in the third edition of Thomas Wilson's Rule rf Reason, which was published in January 1553/1554, as "[a]n example of soche doubtful writing, which by reason of pointing maie have double sense, and contrarie meaning" (166). Critics have also attempted to determine which character actually is responsible for the mispointed letter: whether it is the fool Ralph, who miscopied it (plumstead), or Merrygreek (Carpenter), who http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Explorations in Renaissance Culture Brill

"SWEETE MISTRESSE WHERE AS I LOUE YOU NOTHING AT ALL" : INDETERMINACY AND AMBIGUITY IN ROISTER DOISTER

Explorations in Renaissance Culture , Volume 31 (1): 19 – Dec 2, 2005

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Brill
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© Copyright 2005 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0098-2474
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2352-6963
DOI
10.1163/23526963-90000292
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~~ SWlEIE1'IE MKS1'RESSIE WHIERE AS I lLOUE YOU N01'HKNG A l' AlLlL~~ ~ INDlE1'lERMINACY AND AMlBKGll1rY KN ROISTER DOISTER primarily has involved studies of its sources and analyses of its interpretative ambiguities. As Baldwin, Hinton, and Maulsby have explained, Udall drew upon plays by Terence and Plautus to create his comic characters and plot, which is organized according to the classical unities and the Terentian five-act structure. Edgerton, Plumstead, and Miller have examined the play's medieval sources and motifs, pointing out the ways in which Chaucer, morality plays, chivalric traditions, and Catholic liturgy have influenced Udall. Scholarly analysis of the play's interpretative ambiguities has concentrated on the two versions of the amatory letter to Dame Constance, which have been used to establish the date and authorship of the play. The letters were cited in the third edition of Thomas Wilson's Rule rf Reason, which was published in January 1553/1554, as "[a]n example of soche doubtful writing, which by reason of pointing maie have double sense, and contrarie meaning" (166). Critics have also attempted to determine which character actually is responsible for the mispointed letter: whether it is the fool Ralph, who miscopied it (plumstead), or Merrygreek (Carpenter), who

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Published: Dec 2, 2005

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