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Gender, theatre, and the origins of criticism : from Dryden to Manley / by Marcie Frank.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frank, Marcie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manley, Delarivier, -1724--Knowledge--Literature.
- Manley, Delarivier.
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Knowledge--Literature.
- Dryden, John.
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Influence.
- Criticism--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Criticism.
- English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English literature.
- Criticism--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- English drama--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English drama.
- Sex role in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 175 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Gender, Theatre, & the Origins of Criticism
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Gender, Theatre and the Origins of Criticism, which was originally published in 2003, 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.
- Contents:
- The critical stage
- "Equal to ourselves" : John Dryden's national literary history
- Staging criticism, staging Milton : John Dryden's The state of innocence
- Imitating Shakespeare : gender and criticism
- The female playwright and the city lady
- Scandals of a female nature.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-12607-X
- 1-280-15979-0
- 0-511-12095-8
- 0-511-02111-9
- 0-511-14780-5
- 0-511-33009-X
- 0-511-48357-0
- 0-511-05452-1
- OCLC:
- 437063525
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