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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... young woman , the scene is brought to a close by Lady Fulbank , whose apparently no - nonsense inquiry , " What makes you from your Bed ? And you Sir from your Bride ? " ( 7 : 255 ) , not only echoes the first one but also , thanks to ...
... young woman , the scene is brought to a close by Lady Fulbank , whose apparently no - nonsense inquiry , " What makes you from your Bed ? And you Sir from your Bride ? " ( 7 : 255 ) , not only echoes the first one but also , thanks to ...
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... young couple . Yet her function in the play is , despite this tradition , a different one . On more than one occasion , Lady Knowell is allowed to hold her own , to provoke her adversary , the miserly ex - commonwealth man Sir Patient ...
... young couple . Yet her function in the play is , despite this tradition , a different one . On more than one occasion , Lady Knowell is allowed to hold her own , to provoke her adversary , the miserly ex - commonwealth man Sir Patient ...
الصفحة 117
... young man is surrounded by three female figures : his kept woman Diana , the city heiress Charlot , and Lady Galliard , a most desirable , rich , and attractive city widow . In love with inconstant Wilding herself , this widow is at the ...
... young man is surrounded by three female figures : his kept woman Diana , the city heiress Charlot , and Lady Galliard , a most desirable , rich , and attractive city widow . In love with inconstant Wilding herself , this widow is at the ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
What is a Wife? | 37 |
What pleasant Lives Women lead in England | 71 |
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