UID:
almafu_9961565588202883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781421441696
,
1-4214-4168-3
Content:
"During the long eighteenth century, Great Britain was almost continuously at war. This book describes how playwrights and theater managers of the period discovered and created transformative theatrical and social roles for actresses and wartime women characters. Women characters came to be central figures in bringing the war home to the nation, transforming into deeply patriotic British subjects, and this book interprets them as entertainment and as ideological and propagandistic vehicles in times of crisis"--
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Textual Note -- Introduction -- 1 Prolegomenon. The Genesis of Wartime Women: Statira, Parisatis, and Roxana -- 2 The Changing Face of War: Fidelia, Mrs. Gripe, and Clarinda -- 3 In the Shadow of Marlborough's War: Silvia, Rose, Belvedera, and Dorcas -- 4 Crisis Years: Women Must Say "Go" -- 5 From Props to Players: Nelly, Sukey, and Feridon -- 6 Marrying Military: Gendered Patriotism -- Coda -- Appendix A: Wars, Recruiting, and Women's Responsibilities and Rights -- Appendix B: News -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4214-4169-1
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
