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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 24
IS  - no. 1
T2  - Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies
SP  - 137-68
ID  - bbbc1917
T1  - "Bonfire of the Vanities: Pleasure, Theory, Shakespeare"
AU  - McEleney, Corey
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
LA  - English
AB  - Relates Shakespeare's Richard II to the fifteenth-century "bonfire of the vanities." Suggests that the play tries to "purge its dramatic world of the vain pleasure." Contends that criticism of Renaissance literature should related to both pleasure and utility.
ER  -