A race of female patriots [electronic resource] : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / Brett D. Wilson.
2012
PR698.W6 W55 2012
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A race of female patriots [electronic resource] : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / Brett D. Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Brett D., 1971-
ISBN
9781611483642
9781611483659 (electronic book)
9781611483659 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Lanham : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 293 p.
Call Number
PR698.W6 W55 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
822/.4093522
Note
Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Transits (Bucknell University)
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