Gender, theatre, and the origins of criticism : from Dryden to Manley / / by Marcie Frank [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Frank Marcie
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 175 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 801/.95/094109033
• Soggetto topico: Criticism - Great Britain - History - 18th century; English literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Criticism - Great Britain - History - 17th century; English drama - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Sex role in literature; Sex in literature
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The critical stage -- "Equal to ourselves" : John Dryden's national literary history -- Staging criticism, staging Milton : John Dryden's The state of innocence -- Imitating Shakespeare : gender and criticism -- The female playwright and the city lady -- Scandals of a female nature.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Gender, Theatre and the Origins of Criticism, which was originally published in 2003, 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Gender, Theatre, & the Origins of Criticism
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, theatre, and the origins of criticism
• ISBN: 1-107-12607-X; 1-280-15979-0; 0-511-12095-8; 0-511-02111-9; 0-511-14780-5; 0-511-33009-X; 0-511-48357-0; 0-511-05452-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825934503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II