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Acts of desire : women and sex on stage 1800-1930 / Sos Eltis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eltis, Sos.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in literature.
- English drama--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Acts of Desire' is a study of theatrical depictions of illicit female sexuality, from seduction and prostitution to bigamy and adultery, from the beginning of the 19th century through to the 1930s.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Seduced Maidens and Resourceful Maids; 2. Bigamy and Sensation; 3. English Decency and French Immorality; 4. Sex Problems and Nature's Law; 5. Workers and Wages; 6. Rewriting the Past; Afterwords; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 10, 2013).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-165306-3
- 1-299-35607-9
- OCLC:
- 922972035
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