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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.