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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... seen as being within ' history , ' are seen as having significant or caus- ative relation to the political and economic realms traditionally associated with men . " 33 For Lowder Newton the objectives of feminist literary and historical ...
... seen as being within ' history , ' are seen as having significant or caus- ative relation to the political and economic realms traditionally associated with men . " 33 For Lowder Newton the objectives of feminist literary and historical ...
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... seen against these histori- cal transformations , become a prime focus of attention in a struggle over power , its deployment , and resistance against it . It is on the issue of mar- riage that a range of other areas of debate converge ...
... seen against these histori- cal transformations , become a prime focus of attention in a struggle over power , its deployment , and resistance against it . It is on the issue of mar- riage that a range of other areas of debate converge ...
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... seen as dangerous because she was unfamiliar , and unfa- miliar because she was no longer exclusively definable in familial terms . Male dramatists were left with two strategies in representing this social phenomenon : caricature at ...
... seen as dangerous because she was unfamiliar , and unfa- miliar because she was no longer exclusively definable in familial terms . Male dramatists were left with two strategies in representing this social phenomenon : caricature at ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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