| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 175 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Frank explores the theoretical and literary legacy of Dryden to a number of prominent women writers of the time. 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Manley, Delarivier, -1724 -- Knowledge and learning -- Literature.
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Manley, Delarivier, -1724. |
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Literature. |
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Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Knowledge and learning -- Literature.
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Dryden, John, 1631-1700. |
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Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Influence.
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Manley, Mrs, 1663-1724 Manley, Mary de la Rivière. |
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Dryden, John, 1631-1700. |
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Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Criticism. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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English literature. |
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English drama -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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English drama. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Gender, theater, and the origins of criticism from Dryden to Manley |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Frank, Marcie. Gender, theatre, and the origins of criticism from Dryden to Manley. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521818109 (DLC) 2002067365 (OCoLC)49664531 |
| ISBN |
0511021119 (electronic book) |
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9780511021114 (electronic book) |
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9780521818100 (hardback) |
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0521818109 (hardback) |
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0511120958 (electronic book) |
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9780511120954 (electronic book) |
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9780511483578 (electronic book) |
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0511483570 (electronic book) |
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9780511054525 (electronic book) |
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0511054521 (electronic book) |
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1280159790 |
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9781280159794 |
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9780521188654 (paperback) |
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0521188652 (paperback) |
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