Women, Writing, and the Theater in the Early Modern Period: The Plays of Aphra Behn and Suzanne CentlivreFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001 - 273 من الصفحات The previous revolutionary period in England had changed the nation enough for women's participation in all areas of society, politics, and religion to become feasible and visible. This emergent visibility gave them a chance to become actresses after 1661, and sparked their desire to offer contributions to the public stage after 1669."--BOOK JACKET. |
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الصفحة 109
... interest in her remaining single and would thus discourage her from new attachments . Familial and social pressures ... interests only as long as they could ACT III , SCENE I : " WIVES NO MORE " 109.
... interest in her remaining single and would thus discourage her from new attachments . Familial and social pressures ... interests only as long as they could ACT III , SCENE I : " WIVES NO MORE " 109.
الصفحة 152
... interests me most about this epilogue is its blurring of generic boundaries : from " Comedy , " an obvious point of ... Interest- ingly enough , as its phonetic proximity to fighting suggests , if women were to write , as her epilogue ...
... interests me most about this epilogue is its blurring of generic boundaries : from " Comedy , " an obvious point of ... Interest- ingly enough , as its phonetic proximity to fighting suggests , if women were to write , as her epilogue ...
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... Interest , parts I and II , marks the climax of the debate about how much , what , and under which circumstances women should learn and study . This debate , roughly one - hundred - and - fifty years old , includes a variety of ...
... Interest , parts I and II , marks the climax of the debate about how much , what , and under which circumstances women should learn and study . This debate , roughly one - hundred - and - fifty years old , includes a variety of ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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