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(En- )Gendering a Popular Theatrical Genre : the Roles of Women in Nineteenth-Century British Melodrama.
Situated on the borderline between literary and cultural studies, this work is based on the analysis of more than 500 nineteenth-century British dramas (many of them only available as manuscripts). The main focus is on the genre of melodrama, with other dramatic forms used as a comparative backgroun...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Heidelberg :
Universitätsverlag Winter,
2014.
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| Colección: | Anglistische Forschungen.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Inhalt; Acknowledgements; 1 Women and melodrama. Representation and response; 2 The dominant femininity concept up to 1860; 3 The theatrical genre system up to 1860; 4 The genre characteristics of pre-1860 melodrama; 5 The heroine as an ideal victim; 5.1 The basic pattern: Victimised by the villain's desires; 5.2 Two variations: Unfounded criminal suspicion and marital suffering; 6 The active heroine; 6.1 Counteracting the villain's desires; 6.2 The female saviour; 7 The sexualised heroine; 7.1 Chastity under suspicion; 7.2 Love and marriage without patriarchal sanction.
- 7.2.1 Unsanctioned relationships7.2.2 Elopements; 7.2.3 Marriages without patriarchal consent; 7.3 Sexual intercourse without marriage; 7.4 Marital infidelity; 8 The villainess; 9 The interaction between the basic female roles and their joint cultural significance; 10 Gender and genre struggles after 1860; 11 Changes in the four key roles after 1860; 11.1 The adulteress and other sexualised heroines; 11.2 The adventuress; 11.3 Chaste heroines; 12 Taking 'female' melodrama beyond the stage: Some comparative thoughts on 'popular' genres after 1900; Abbreviations; Bibliography.