Frances Burney, dramatist : gender, performance, and the late eighteenth-century stage /

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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...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Darby, Barbara, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Subjects:
Burney, Fanny, > 1752-1840 > Dramatic works.
Burney, Fanny, > 1752-1840.
1700-1799
Feminism and literature > England > History > 18th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 18th century.
Women in the theater > England > History > 18th century.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Femmes au théâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Criticism and interpretation.
Feminism and literature.
Women and literature.
Women in the theater.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
England.
History.
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Summary: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, Barbara Darby places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, challenging past assertions about Burney that were based entirely on her novels and journals. Darby maintains that in exposing the failure of such practices and institutions as courtship, marriage, family, government, and the church, Burney's dramas often exceed her novels in the depth of their social commentary.
The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letterwriter is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years. Yet Burney was always intrigued by, and wrote for, the stage. Though only one of Burney's dramas was performed in her lifetime, Barbara Darby places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, challenging past assertions about Burney that were based entirely on her novels and journals. Darby maintains that in exposing the failure of such practices and institutions as courtship, marriage, family, government, and the c.
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages)
ISBN:9780813159317
0813159318
1322597286
9781322597287
0813120225
9780813120225

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