Frances Burney, dramatist gender, performance, and the late eighteenth-century stage /
Main Author: | Darby, Barbara, 1966- |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1997]
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Physical Description: |
viii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Gender and the stage
- Censored women : The Witlings
- Politicized bodies and the body politic : Edwy and Elgiva and Elberta
- The daughter's tragedy : Hubert De Vere and The siege of Pevensey
- "Choice" and evaluation : Love and fashion
- Family matters : A busy day and The woman-hater
- A context and overview : Burney and the late eighteenth-century stage
- Conclusion : really a genius for the stage.