A race of female patriots : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Brett D., 1971-

Publication/Creation:

Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2012]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

A race of female patriots : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / Brett D. Wilson

Series Titles:

Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850
Transits (Bucknell University)

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

English drama--18th century--History and criticism
Political plays, English--History and criticism
Women and literature--England--History--18th century
Women in literature
Patriotism in literature
Theater--Political aspects--England--History--18th century
Women in the theater--England--History--18th century
Theater audiences--England--History--17th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xvi, 293 pages ; 24 cm

General Note:

Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990030492000302486

ISBN:

1611483646 (cloth : alk. paper)
1611483654 (electronic)
9781611483642 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611483659 (electronic)

OCLC Number:

756377422

Barcode:

010002543611