Eighteenth Century Women Playwrights [Hardcover]

Derek Hughes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001

This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama throughout the eighteenth century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6 of the second generation of women dramatists in succession to Aphra Behn. From 1670 until her death in 1689, Aphra Behn had established herself as one of the leading dramatists of her time, having far more new plays performed during these years than any competitor, and paving the way for the surge in women's playwriting towards the end of the century: between 1695 and 1700, six new women dramatists had plays premiered, and from then on women consistently made an important and diverse contribution to the stage. Those included in this collection include Catherine Trotter (1679-1749), Mary Pix (1666-c. 1720), Delarivier Manley (1663-1724), Eliza Haywood (c. 1693-1736), Susannah Centlivre (c. 1670-1723), Elizabeth Griffith (c. 1720-93), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) and Hannah Cowley (1743-1809). The stage plays included in this edition are supported by extensive new editorial material, including a general introduction, volume introductions, endnotes, bibliographies and a consolidated index. It will appeal to those interested in Restoration drama and women's writing throughout the long eighteenth century.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'A meticulously edited, informatively annotated, and beautifully produced six-volume anthology of plays; general editor Derek Hughes and publisher Pickering & Chatto are to be commended for making these works accessible and comprehensible to today's reader ... an anthology no academic library should be without.' Eighteenth-Century Women

About the Author

Antje Blank is at the University of East Anglia Anne Kelley is at the University of Hertfordshire Derek Hughes is at the University of Warwick Jacqueline Pearson is at Manchester University Betty Rizzo is at City University, New York Margarete Rubik is at the University of Vienna Angela Smallwood is at the University of Nottingham Eva Muller-Zettelmann is at the University of Vienna

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1864 pages
• Publisher: Pickering & Chatto Ltd (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851966161
• ISBN-13: 978-1851966165
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.8 x 7.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,823,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)