LEADER 04181nam 22008654a 450 001 9910824784403321 005 20230912162537.0 010 $a1-283-52994-7 010 $a9786613842398 010 $a0-7735-7147-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773571471 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245002 035 $a(OCoLC)76898647 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119755 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283516 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205300 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283516 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247335 035 $a(PQKB)10780751 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400157 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521436 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132912 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL384239 035 $a(OCoLC)929120892 035 $a(DE-B1597)656360 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571471 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/n6g5s5 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400157 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330729 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243416 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245002 100 $a20041201d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRedressing the past$b[electronic resource] $ethe politics of early English-Canadian women's drama, 1880-1920 /$fKym Bird 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-2611-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tFeminist Politics and the Recovery of Women?s Drama -- $tLeaping into the Breeches: Liberal Feminism in Sarah Anne Curzon?s Laura Secord and The Sweet Girl Graduate -- $tPerforming Politics: Propaganda, Parody, and the Mock Parliament -- $t?Mothers of a New and Virile Race!?: Liberalism and Social Purity in the Life and Works of Kate Simpson Hayes -- $tInstructive and Wholesome: Domestic Feminism, Social Gospel, and the Protestant Plays of Clara Rothwell Anderson -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aBird argues that the playwrights, their productions, and their texts express the contradictory relations within these forms of feminism: on the one hand they represent women's social and political emancipation and, on the other, they affirm patriarchal structures and the status quo. Implicitly, this study calls into question what traditionally constitutes drama by treating plays written in non-canonical forms, mounted in nonprofessional venues, and published by marginal presses or not at all as important literary, theatrical, and historical documents. 606 $aCanadian drama$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFeminism and literature$zCanada$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zCanada$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCanadian drama$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCanadian drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminist drama$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen$zCanada$xIntellectual life 606 $aSex role in literature 615 0$aCanadian drama$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aCanadian drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCanadian drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminist drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 676 $a812/.409/32042 700 $aBird$b Kym$f1956-$01681663 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824784403321 996 $aRedressing the past$94051209 997 $aUNINA