The usurer's daughter male friendship and fictions of women in sixteenth-century England

Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616 > Characters > Women.

English literature > History and criticism. > Early modern, 1500-1700.

English literature > Classical influences.

Friendship in literature.

Humanists > England.

Male friendship > History > 16th century. > England.

Masculinity in literature.

Men in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Women and literature > History > 16th century. > Great Britain.