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1 online resource (250 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Gender and the stage -- Censored women : The Witlings -- Politicized bodies and the body politic : Edwy and Elgiva and Elberta -- The daughter's tragedy : Hubert De Vere and The siege of Pevensey -- "Choice" and evaluation : Love and fashion -- Family matters : A busy day and The woman-hater -- A context and overview : Burney and the late eighteenth-century stage -- Conclusion : really a genius for the stage. |
| Summary |
The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letter-writer is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years. Yet she was always intrigued by, and wrote for, the stage. Though only one of Burney's dramas was performed in her lifetime, Barbara Darby places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, challenging past assertions about Burney that were based entirely on her novels and journals. Darby maintains that in exposing the failure of such practices and institutions as courtship, marriage, family, government, and the church, Burney's dramas often exceed her novels in the depth of their social commentary. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Texts and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Gender and the Stage; 2. Censored Women: The Witlings; 3. Politicized Bodies and the Body Politic: Edwy and Elgiva and Elberta; 4. The Daughter's Tragedy: Hubert De Vere and The Siege of Pevensey; 5. ""Choice"" and Evaluation: Love and Fashion; 6. Family Matters: A Busy Day and The Woman-Hater; 7. A Context and Overview: Burney and the Late-Eighteenth-Centur Stage; Conclusion: Really a Genius for the Stage; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letterwriter is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years. Yet Burney was always intrigued by, and wrote for, the stage. Though only one of Burney's dramas was performed in her lifetime, Barbara Darby places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, challenging past assertions about Burney that were based entirely on her novels and journals. Darby maintains that in exposing the failure of such practices and institutions as courtship, marriage, family, government, and the c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Dramatic works.
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Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840. |
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Drama. |
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Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Feminism and literature. |
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England. |
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History. |
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18th century |
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Women and literature. |
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Women in the theater -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Women in the theater. |
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1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Darby, Barbara. Frances Burney, Dramatist : Gender, Performance, and the Late Eighteenth-Century Stage. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813120225 |
| ISBN |
9780813159317 (electronic book) |
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0813159318 (electronic book) |
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