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Frances Burney, dramatist : gender, performance, and the late eighteenth-century stage /
The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letter-writer is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years. Yet she was always intrigued by, and wrote for, the stage. Though only one of Burney's dramas was performed in her lifetime, Barbar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
©2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Gender and the stage
- Censored women : The Witlings
- Politicized bodies and the body politic : Edwy and Elgiva and Elberta
- The daughter's tragedy : Hubert De Vere and The siege of Pevensey
- "Choice" and evaluation : Love and fashion
- Family matters : A busy day and The woman-hater
- A context and overview : Burney and the late eighteenth-century stage
- Conclusion : really a genius for the stage.
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Texts and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Gender and the Stage; 2. Censored Women: The Witlings; 3. Politicized Bodies and the Body Politic: Edwy and Elgiva and Elberta; 4. The Daughter's Tragedy: Hubert De Vere and The Siege of Pevensey; 5. ""Choice"" and Evaluation: Love and Fashion; 6. Family Matters: A Busy Day and The Woman-Hater; 7. A Context and Overview: Burney and the Late-Eighteenth-Centur Stage; Conclusion: Really a Genius for the Stage; Notes; Index.