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 47
... lines We will not be wives And tie up our lives To villainous slavery are nothing if not " the chorus of a ribald skit on women preaching and prophesying , " but the anxiety these lines contain can ACT I , SCENE I : WHAT IS A WIFE ? 47.
... lines We will not be wives And tie up our lives To villainous slavery are nothing if not " the chorus of a ribald skit on women preaching and prophesying , " but the anxiety these lines contain can ACT I , SCENE I : WHAT IS A WIFE ? 47.
الصفحة 69
... lines- orderly in meter and choice of words - have a recognizably heroic ring , the next four lines acknowledge her defeat . Female virtue does not allow any fight for liberty in the face of slavery , it permits only one thing , and ...
... lines- orderly in meter and choice of words - have a recognizably heroic ring , the next four lines acknowledge her defeat . Female virtue does not allow any fight for liberty in the face of slavery , it permits only one thing , and ...
الصفحة 78
... lines , which end the play : In vain we strive by haughty Ways to prove Our chaste Affections , and our duteous Love . To smooth the Husband's rugged Storms of Life , Is the Design and Business of a Wife ; Men from Example more than ...
... lines , which end the play : In vain we strive by haughty Ways to prove Our chaste Affections , and our duteous Love . To smooth the Husband's rugged Storms of Life , Is the Design and Business of a Wife ; Men from Example more than ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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