Fatal desire : women, sexuality, and the English stage, 1660-1720 /

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"Informed by film theory and a broad historical approach, Fatal Desire examines the theatrical representation of women in England, from the Restoration to the early eighteenth century - a period when for the first time female actors could perform in public. Jean I. Marsden maintains that the fe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marsden, Jean I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
1600-1700
English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism.
Women in the theater > England > History > 17th century.
English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Sex role in literature.
Théâtre anglais > 1660-1700 (Restauration) > Histoire et critique.
Femmes au théâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Tragédie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
English drama > Restoration.
English drama (Tragedy)
Literature and society.
Women and literature.
Women in the theater.
Frau > Motiv
Sexualität
Drama
England.
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Female spectatorship, Jeremy Collier, and the antitheatrical debate
  • Women watching : the female spectator in late-seventeenth-century comedy
  • Falling women : she-tragedy and sexual spectacle
  • Women writing women : female authors of she-tragedy
  • Nicholas Rowe and the second generation of she-tragedy
  • Sex, politics, and the Hanoverian succession : refiguring Lady Jane Grey.

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