Female playwrights and eighteenth-century comedy : negotiating marriage on the London stage

Female playwrights and eighteenth-century comedy : negotiating marriage on the London stage /

Aphra Behn, Susannah Centlivre, Hannah Cowley, and Elizabeth Inchbald were the only four women in England who enjoyed career-long success as comic playwrights from 1670-1800. Their respective approaches to the body, contracts, nationalism, and divorce animate their comedies and provide comic comment...

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Main Author: Anderson, Misty G., 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave, 2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Behn, Aphra > 1640-1689
Centlivre, Susannah > 1667-1723
Cowley, Hannah > 1743-1809
Inchbald, Elizabeth > 1753-1821
Behn, Aphra.
Centlivre, Susannah.
Cowley, Hannah.
Inchbald, Elizabeth.
Geschichte 1670-1800.
1700-1799
English drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English drama > Women authors > History and criticism.
Theater > England > London > History > 18th century.
English drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Courtship in literature.
Marriage in literature.
Women in literature.
Théâtre anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Théâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Comédie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Amours dans la littérature.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
English drama.
English drama (Comedy)
English drama > Women authors.
Theater.
Women and literature.
Dramatikerin
Ehe > Motiv
Englisch
Komödie.
Toneelstukken.
Engels.
Toneelschrijvers.
Vrouwelijke auteurs.
Hofmakerij.
Huwelijk.
Vrouwen.
Women and literature > Great Britain > 18th century.
English drama (Comedy) > 18th century > History and criticism.
Komödie.
England > London.
Great Britain.
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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