Women in Modern Drama : Freud, Feminism, and European Theater at the Turn of the Century / Gail Finney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finney, Gail, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing Arts & Drama.

Womens Studies.

Local Subjects:

Performing Arts & Drama.

Womens Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An abundance of rich and memorable female roles is one of the most striking features of turn-of-the-century European drama. Gail Finney traces the source of this phenomenon to large-scale upheavals in prevailing contemporary attitudes toward women. She cites two major developments in particular: the culmination in the years 1880-1920 of the first feminist movement; and Freud's formulation of his theories of sexuality, which emphasize differences between the sexes. Taking into account these strong, sometimes conflicting intellectual currents, Women in Modern Drama explores the dynamics of gender identity and family relationships in major plays by European make dramatists, including Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Wilde, Schnitzler, Synge, Hofmannsthal, Wedekind, and Hauptmann.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Woman's Place at the Turn of the Century: Emancipation or Hysterization?

Part I. Freud's Double?

1. Female Sexuality and Schnitzler's La Ronde

Part II. Demythologizing the Femme Fatale, or The Daughter's Education

Introduction

2. The (Wo)Man in the Moon: Wilde's Salome

3. Woman as Spectacle and Commodity: Wedekind's Lulu Plays

Part III. The Law of the Father

4. "I've Lost Him Surely'': Synge's Playboy of the Western World

5. The Dynamics of Sex and Suffering: Hauptmann's Rose Bernd

Part IV. Mothers in Spite of Themselves

6. Maternity and Hysteria: Ibsen's Hedda Gabler

7. Humanism and Patriarchy: Hofmannsthal's Woman without a Shadow

Part V. Motherhood, Power, and Powerlessness

8. The New Woman as Madonna; Shaw's Candida

9. The Devil in the House?: Strindberg's The Father

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501741890

1501741896

OCLC:

1129169836