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Misty G. AndersonPublication Details
Book1st edPalgrave2002Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PR708.W6 A53 2002 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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By attending to the dialogue between humorous comic events and the more predictable comic endings of these plays, Anderson illuminates the philosophical, political, and legal arguments about women and marriage that fascinated both female playwrights and the theatergoing public. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- English drama — 18th century — History and criticism
- Women and literature — Great Britain — History — 18th century
- English drama — Women authors — History and criticism
- Theater — England — London — History — 18th century
- English drama (Comedy) — History and criticism
- Courtship in literature
- Marriage in literature
- Women in literature
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Contents
- Ch. 1. Funny Women
- Ch. 2. Repetition, Contract, and Comedy
- Ch. 3. You Irreplaceable You: Behn’s Unalienable Bodies
- Ch. 4. Coming to Market: Centlivre and the Promise of Contract
- Ch. 5. Rule, Britannia: Women and the National Community in Cowley’s Comedies
- Ch. 6. Beyond the Law: Contract, Divorce, and Community in Inchbald’s Comedies
- Conclusion: The Repetitive Future of Comedy
ISBN
- 0312239386
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