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

Main Author: Darby, Barbara, 1966-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1997]
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.