The Victorian actress in the novel and on the stage /

This book analyses how Victorian novels and plays used the actress, a significant figure for the relationship between women and the public sphere, to define their own place within and among genres and in relation to audiences.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Renata Kobetts (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press : EUP, [2019]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
Temas:
1800-1899
Actresses > Great Britain > 19th century.
Women in the theater > Great Britain > 19th century.
Actresses in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Actrices > Grande-Bretagne > 19e siècle.
Femmes au théâtre > Grande-Bretagne > 19e siècle.
Actrices dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Actresses
Actresses in literature
English literature
Women in the theater
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An actress's tears: authenticity and the reassertion of social class
  • The actress at home: domesticity, respectability and the disruption of class hierarchies
  • The actress and her audience: performance, authorship and the exceptional woman in George Eliot
  • Novelistic naturalism: 'the ideal mother cannot be the great artist'
  • From playing parts to rewriting roles: actresses and the political stage.

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