The considerable contributions of British women playwrights of
the Restoration and eighteenth century, long unavailable, have now
inspired numerous anthologies, editions, and modern-day
productions. As these works continue to gain recognition and secure
a more prominent place in college curriculums, teachers face the
challenge of introducing these rediscovered works to students and
explaining how they fit into the period's dramatic tradition. This
volume aims to help instructors present a clearer sense of this
body of work in the undergraduate and graduate classroom.
The volume opens with background essays on the history of women
in theater, including the first appearance of actresses on the
stage, the earliest professional women playwrights, and their
relationships with critics, audiences, and the theater manager
David Garrick. Contributors then focus on individual playwrights,
from Aphra Behn and Mary Pix to Hannah Cowley and Elizabeth
Inchbald, and explore these women's political, protofeminist,
critical, and moralist agendas. Discussions of Frances Burney and
Eliza Haywood, authors of both novels and plays, raise the question
of genre. Comparative approaches offer ways of pairing plays in the
classroom, following themes such as masquerade and cross-dressing
through the works of female dramatists and those of their male
counterparts. Other essays present methods for using these writers
and their works in British literature and history courses, surveys
of drama and theater history, and introductions to women's
literature.
General
Imprint: |
Modern Language Association of America
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Options for Teaching 30 |
Release date: |
December 2010 |
First published: |
December 2010 |
Editors: |
Bonnie Nelson
• Catherine Burroughs
|
Dimensions: |
226 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
478 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60329-083-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-60329-083-4 |
Barcode: |
9781603290838 |
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