A race of female patriots [electronic resource] : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / Brett D. Wilson.
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TextSeries: Transits (Bucknell University)Publication details: Lanham : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.Description: xvi, 293 pSubject(s): - English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- Political plays, English -- History and criticism
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Women in literature
- Patriotism in literature
- Theater -- Political aspects -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Women in the theater -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Theater audiences -- England -- History -- 17th century
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- PR698.W6 W55 2012eb
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.
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