Title:
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GENDER, THEATRE, AND THE ORIGINS OF CRITICISM
FROM DRYDEN TO MANLEY |
By: |
Marcie Frank |
Format: |
Electronic book text |

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ISBN 10: |
0511483570 |
ISBN 13: |
9780511483578 |
Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
22 September, 2009 |
Description: |
An exploration of the theoretical and literary legacy of Dryden to a number of prominent women writers of the time. |
Synopsis: |
In Gender, Theatre and the Origins of Criticism, Marcie Frank explores the theoretical and literary legacy of John Dryden to a number of prominent women writers of the time. Frank examines the pre-eminence of gender, sexuality and the theatre in Dryden's critical texts that are predominantly rewritings of the work of his own literary precursors - Ben Jonson, Shakespeare and Milton. She proposes that Dryden develops a native literary tradition that is passed on as an inheritance to his heirs - Aphra Behn, Catharine Trotter, and Delarivier Manley - as well as their male contemporaries. Frank describes the development of criticism in the transition from a court-sponsored theatrical culture to one oriented toward a consuming public, with very different attitudes to gender and sexuality. This study also sets out to trace the historical origins of certain aspects of current criticism - the practices of paraphrase, critical self-consciousness and performativity. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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