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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... social and political classes that embodied and upheld past aristocratic ideals of behavior while conversely associating the emerging middle classes with more progressive and liberal convictions . Such a neat distinction would gain ...
... social and political classes that embodied and upheld past aristocratic ideals of behavior while conversely associating the emerging middle classes with more progressive and liberal convictions . Such a neat distinction would gain ...
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... social character was guaranteed by the sale's taking place in a public place , witnessed by a large number of onlookers , so that it was open to sur- veillance by the community . . . . The use of a market or fair was particularly ...
... social character was guaranteed by the sale's taking place in a public place , witnessed by a large number of onlookers , so that it was open to sur- veillance by the community . . . . The use of a market or fair was particularly ...
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... social reality as any other form of art . Their plays demonstrate the vigorous ef- forts by two playwrights to accommodate , and to modify , a tradition of drama that was their inheritance . A culturally attentive reading of their plays ...
... social reality as any other form of art . Their plays demonstrate the vigorous ef- forts by two playwrights to accommodate , and to modify , a tradition of drama that was their inheritance . A culturally attentive reading of their plays ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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