Transgressive theatricality, romanticism, and Mary Wollstonecraft / Lisa Plummer Crafton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crafton, Lisa Plummer, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797--Criticism and interpretation.

Wollstonecraft, Mary.

Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.

Theater and society--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Theater and society.

Romanticism--England--History--18th century.

Romanticism.

Performing arts in literature.

Theater in literature.

Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831--Criticism and interpretation.

Siddons, Sarah.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

England.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]

Summary:

Offering a new understanding of the 18th-century British writer and feminist, Crafton (English, U. of West Georgia) specifies five "theoretical prisms" in her first chapter, including current studies pertaining to Romantic theatricality, the "politicization of theater and the theatricalization of politics," masquerade, mimicry, and the "divide between theater and performance critics." Her study encompasses Wollsoncraft's Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman, ethics and theater, legal discourse, the French Revolution, and Sarah Siddons. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Wollstonecraft and romantic (anti) theatricality

"Stage effect": transgressive theatricality in Wollstonecraft's The wrongs of woman; or Maria

Becoming a "sign-post": ethics and theater

"The subterfuge of law": theatricality and juridical discourse

"The gallery is in the place of the house": the French revolution and state theater

Retaliatory self-invention: Siddons, Wollstonecraft, and theatricality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780754667889

075466788X

9781409440635

140944063X

OCLC:

739094272