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A race of female patriots : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 /
A Race of Female Patriots is a study of tragic drama after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that yields new insight into women's involvement in the public sphere and the political and aesthetic significance of feeling.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2012.
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| Colección: | Transits (Bucknell University)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A Race of Female Patriots is a study of tragic drama after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that yields new insight into women's involvement in the public sphere and the political and aesthetic significance of feeling. |
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| Notas: | Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!"--"How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611483659 1611483654 1283362430 9781283362436 9786613362438 6613362433 |