I've always been puzzled about how the ubiquitous literary bedtrick was intended to work - a practical difficulty acknowledged by the midrashic tradition which has Rachel hiding under Jacob's bed to supply the voice while Leah supplies the body.
That is definitely less stupid than most versions . . .
Wendy Doniger has an entire book on bedtricks, the most convincing of which are the ones requiring divine or at least demonic powers of shapeshifting.
Yeah. I believe Zeus standing in for Amphitryon. It's no go the conception of Arthur unless Ygraine's in on it.
For Measure for Measure, though, I want the sequel that explains what's going on with Isabella and the Duke.
It's conceivable someone's written one. There's all this professionally published Hamlet fic.
Does anyone in Shakespearean Vienna know how to get married without the threat of coercive judicial action?
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That is definitely less stupid than most versions . . .
Wendy Doniger has an entire book on bedtricks, the most convincing of which are the ones requiring divine or at least demonic powers of shapeshifting.
Yeah. I believe Zeus standing in for Amphitryon. It's no go the conception of Arthur unless Ygraine's in on it.
For Measure for Measure, though, I want the sequel that explains what's going on with Isabella and the Duke.
It's conceivable someone's written one. There's all this professionally published Hamlet fic.
Does anyone in Shakespearean Vienna know how to get married without the threat of coercive judicial action?
That is a totally reasonable question!