Format:
xiii, 437 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781421441672
,
9781421441689
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:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 397 - 428
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781421441696
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Backscheider, Paula R. Women in Wartime Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021 ISBN 9781421441696
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Drama
;
Frau
;
Krieg
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
