"My little what shall I call thee": reinventing the rape tragedy in William Rowley's All's Lost by Lust.(essay)(Critical essay) From: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Nicol, David | COPYRIGHT 2006 Associated University Presses. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

IN William Rowley's tragedy All's Lost by Lust (c.1618-20), Jacinta, a Spanish noblewoman in the court of King Roderick, acquires an unacceptable social position through no fault of her own. Left alone in the castle while her father leads an army against the Moors, Jacinta is raped by Roderick and held captive, lamenting the "heavy hainous wrong" (3.1.8) (1) that she has suffered. She is guarded by Roderick's henchman, Lothario, who is ebulliently aware of Jacinta's new social stat...