Nicholas Rowe and the Beginnings of Feminism on the London StageAcademica Press, 2005 - Počet stran: 217 Nicholas Rowe flourished during the first quarter of the 18thc: he was poet laureate to George I, the author of eight plays(three of which were great successes) and he was the esteemed translator of Lucan's PHARSALIA as well as the first modern editor of Shakespeare's plays. But most of all he was known as a playwright. Rowe's 'She-tragedies" gave great prominence to women characters and further developed the Whig virtues of the ruling political elite: individual freedom and a belief in a strong parliament which would bring the cause of the people before a constitutionally limited, reasonable monarchy. Professor Sennett's new monograph discusses Rowe's vision of women caught up by tragic, unreasonable threat or menace. He also explores the literary and the political stakes in late Stuart and early Hanoverian theatre.. New material on Rowe's life and his attempt to include ideas that can be described as incipient feminism are brought forward. While not a general biography, Sennett's new work is a contribution to the scholarship that has called for a new examination of Rowe and the Whig London of the early 18th century. |
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... accepted as equal to the men on stage . Available Roles for Women In 1661 , the audiences would view women playing roles that were actually written for women to portray . William Davenant's Siege of Rhodes ( 1656 ) , as referenced above ...
... accepted as equal to the men on stage . Available Roles for Women In 1661 , the audiences would view women playing roles that were actually written for women to portray . William Davenant's Siege of Rhodes ( 1656 ) , as referenced above ...
Strana 98
... accepted by the participants ( and the audience ) . When writing about the initial six - day run of the play , John Downes's rather humorous comment in Roscius Anglicanus is most telling : " The six days running it out of breath , it ...
... accepted by the participants ( and the audience ) . When writing about the initial six - day run of the play , John Downes's rather humorous comment in Roscius Anglicanus is most telling : " The six days running it out of breath , it ...
Strana 157
... accepted Catholicism gladly if it meant the restoration of the Stuart line through the crowning of James III . And on an even deeper level , the play was Rowe's ultimate illustration of a strong woman with definite incipient feminist ...
... accepted Catholicism gladly if it meant the restoration of the Stuart line through the crowning of James III . And on an even deeper level , the play was Rowe's ultimate illustration of a strong woman with definite incipient feminist ...
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CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND ON THE STUDY OF NICHOLAS | 11 |
CHAPTER TWO THE BEGINNINGS OF ROWES CAREER | 25 |
CHAPTER THREE CHALLENGES FOR ACTRESSES | 47 |
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