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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... offer contributions to the public stage after 1669 . Although these ideas , usually put forward to account for the entry of women into the theater , provide a helpful frame , they do not , as far as I can see , suffice . In order to go ...
... offer contributions to the public stage after 1669 . Although these ideas , usually put forward to account for the entry of women into the theater , provide a helpful frame , they do not , as far as I can see , suffice . In order to go ...
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... offer she receives with nothing but scorn . Behn thus inverts the whole repertoire of stereotyped gender behavior , emphasizing this point through the comments that the rake , the third figure on stage , offers : " So , she will do his ...
... offer she receives with nothing but scorn . Behn thus inverts the whole repertoire of stereotyped gender behavior , emphasizing this point through the comments that the rake , the third figure on stage , offers : " So , she will do his ...
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... offers a clear - sighted piece of sociopolitical criticism , one that in the space of a single sentence demythologizes militarism in all its aspects . Asked why they all bear arms , although unwilling to fight , his answer outdoes even ...
... offers a clear - sighted piece of sociopolitical criticism , one that in the space of a single sentence demythologizes militarism in all its aspects . Asked why they all bear arms , although unwilling to fight , his answer outdoes even ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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