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 26
... representing a house or palace , Scolnicov therefore speaks of " the dichotomy of the theatrical space [ which ] ... represented too . Meanwhile , the early modern period saw the invention of private theaters . With the partly roofed ...
... representing a house or palace , Scolnicov therefore speaks of " the dichotomy of the theatrical space [ which ] ... represented too . Meanwhile , the early modern period saw the invention of private theaters . With the partly roofed ...
الصفحة 27
... represented . Whether dream- like and intimate , circling around love and passion , or businesslike and repressive , concentrating on the transfer of property , such scenes always facilitated the orchestration of women's participation ...
... represented . Whether dream- like and intimate , circling around love and passion , or businesslike and repressive , concentrating on the transfer of property , such scenes always facilitated the orchestration of women's participation ...
الصفحة 77
... represented for those women who are placed under the regime of a hus- band . Fatherly authority may indeed be as despicable as it usually is in Centlivre's work , but in all her plays it is curtailed . Not so the regime of a husband ...
... represented for those women who are placed under the regime of a hus- band . Fatherly authority may indeed be as despicable as it usually is in Centlivre's work , but in all her plays it is curtailed . Not so the regime of a husband ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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