Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of Criticism: From Dryden to ManleyIn Gender, Theatre and the Origins of Criticism, Marcie Frank explores the theoretical and literary legacy of John Dryden to a number of prominent women writers of the time. Frank examines the pre-eminence of gender, sexuality and the theatre in Dryden's critical texts that are predominantly rewritings of the work of his own literary precursors - Ben Jonson, Shakespeare and Milton. She proposes that Dryden develops a native literary tradition that is passed on as an inheritance to his heirs - Aphra Behn, Catharine Trotter, and Delarivier Manley - as well as their male contemporaries. Frank describes the development of criticism in the transition from a court-sponsored theatrical culture to one oriented toward a consuming public, with very different attitudes to gender and sexuality. This study also sets out to trace the historical origins of certain aspects of current criticism - the practices of paraphrase, critical self-consciousness and performativity. |
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Acknowledgments page viii | 1 |
John Drydens national | 15 |
John Drydens | 42 |
gender and criticism | 64 |
The female playwright and the city lady | 91 |
Scandals of a female nature | 116 |
Notes | 140 |
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| 173 | |
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Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of Criticism: From Dryden to Manley Marcie Frank Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of Criticism: From Dryden to Manley Marcie Frank Sin vista previa disponible - 2011 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of Criticism: From Dryden to Manley |
| Autor | Marcie Frank |
| Editor | Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1139434888, 9781139434881 |
| Largo | 175 páginas |
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