A race of female patriots [electronic resource] : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / Brett D. Wilson.

9781611483642
9781611483659 (electronic book)

Lanham : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.

English

xvi, 293 p.

PR698.W6 W55 2012

822/.4093522

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Transits (Bucknell University)

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