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 19
... knowledge is possible of a history which itself pro- duces the true / false distinction on which such knowledge depends ? -Michel Foucault , Discipline and Punish ( 1991 ) " Every approach to the study of history , " PROLOGUE 19.
... knowledge is possible of a history which itself pro- duces the true / false distinction on which such knowledge depends ? -Michel Foucault , Discipline and Punish ( 1991 ) " Every approach to the study of history , " PROLOGUE 19.
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... possible : they cross - dress , fence , swear revenge , outwit , and out - talk their male partners throughout the play . This focus on the women's part is rein- forced by the fact that Behn adds two women characters of her own to the ...
... possible : they cross - dress , fence , swear revenge , outwit , and out - talk their male partners throughout the play . This focus on the women's part is rein- forced by the fact that Behn adds two women characters of her own to the ...
الصفحة 89
... possible the concept of the family and to adhere to the indissolu- bility of marriage . It is highly ironic that the wish for divorce expressed by the most radical Puritan thinkers surfaces again in elite court circles shortly after the ...
... possible the concept of the family and to adhere to the indissolu- bility of marriage . It is highly ironic that the wish for divorce expressed by the most radical Puritan thinkers surfaces again in elite court circles shortly after the ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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