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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... speaking women as of the Devil's rank.33 How- ever , although they were accused of witchcraft , threatened with fines and imprisonment , 34 and at best ridiculed , women insisted on their right to share the spiritual equality that ...
... speaking women as of the Devil's rank.33 How- ever , although they were accused of witchcraft , threatened with fines and imprisonment , 34 and at best ridiculed , women insisted on their right to share the spiritual equality that ...
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... speaking positions , or characters , of which it consists . Such analysis should reveal the variety and sheer incompatibility of the stances she adopts . There are moments throughout Reflections when theatrical metaphors are used to ...
... speaking positions , or characters , of which it consists . Such analysis should reveal the variety and sheer incompatibility of the stances she adopts . There are moments throughout Reflections when theatrical metaphors are used to ...
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... speaking voices I have discussed in connection with Mary Astell's essay on marriage . Little wonder , therefore , that Centlivre's lack of a " logical and consistent evaluation of life , " and her " failure to forge separate elements ...
... speaking voices I have discussed in connection with Mary Astell's essay on marriage . Little wonder , therefore , that Centlivre's lack of a " logical and consistent evaluation of life , " and her " failure to forge separate elements ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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