Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain [Hardcover]

Tracy C. Davis (Editor), Ellen Donkin (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521574137 | ISBN-13: 978-0521574136 | Publication Date: June 13, 1999

This collection of essays, written by a team of leading scholars in the field, undertakes not simply to recover the names and careers of women playwrights but to call into question the whole idea of what a playwright is, what she does, and why it matters. Gender inquiry is the start: destabilizing the category of playwrights loosens the borders of theater history making it possible to reconceptualize theater and drama not as a product of culture but as social processes dynamically interacting with culture.

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Review

"...an exciting contribution to the study of nineteenth-century women theatre-makers.[...] This volume adds further depth and lustre to a field of study already energized by distinguished work by Davis, Donkin, Bratton and many of their contributors." New Theatre Quarterly

Book Description

This collection of essays, written by a team of leading scholars in the field, undertakes not simply to recover the names and careers of women playwrights but to call into question the whole idea of what a playwright is, and what she does, and why it matters. Gender inquiry is the start: destabilising the category of playwrights loosens the borders of theatre history making it possible to reconceptualize theatre and drama not as a product of culture but as social processes dynamically interacting with culture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521574137
• ISBN-13: 978-0521574136
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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