A race of female patriots
Wilson, Brett D., 1971-
A race of female patriots women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / [electronic resource] : Brett D. Wilson. - Lanham : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012. - xvi, 293 p. - Transits : literature, thought & culture 1650-1850 . - Transits (Bucknell University) .
Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English drama--History and criticism.--18th century
Political plays, English--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--England--18th century.
Women in literature.
Patriotism in literature.
Theater--Political aspects--History--England--18th century.
Women in the theater--History--England--18th century.
Theater audiences--History--England--17th century.
Electronic books.
PR698.W6 / W55 2012eb
822/.4093522
A race of female patriots women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / [electronic resource] : Brett D. Wilson. - Lanham : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012. - xvi, 293 p. - Transits : literature, thought & culture 1650-1850 . - Transits (Bucknell University) .
Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English drama--History and criticism.--18th century
Political plays, English--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--England--18th century.
Women in literature.
Patriotism in literature.
Theater--Political aspects--History--England--18th century.
Women in the theater--History--England--18th century.
Theater audiences--History--England--17th century.
Electronic books.
PR698.W6 / W55 2012eb
822/.4093522