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Author:

Wilson, Brett D., 1971-

Title:

A race of female patriots : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / Brett D. Wilson.

Publisher:

Bucknell University Pressco-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xvi, 293 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English drama--18th century--History and criticism.
Political plays, English--History and criticism.
Women and literature--England--History--18th century.
Women in literature.
Patriotism in literature.
Theater--History--England--History--18th century.
Women in the theater--England--History--18th century.
Theater audiences--England--History--17th century.

Notes:

Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit.

Series:

Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850

ISBN:

1611483654 (electronic)
9781611483659 (electronic)
1611483646 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611483642 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)756377422

LCCN:

2011039966

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)