Broken Boundaries-Pa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813108711)

" This volume of twelve original essays is the first comprehensive study of feminist issues in Restoration drama. The late seventeenth century marks a pivotal era in the history of feminism, when Renaissance assumptions about gender and patriarchy were being directly challenged. For the first time, women appeared onstage as actresses, made their presence felt as spectators and patrons, and wrote a number of the plays produced in theaters. Ina n unusually direct and probing way, drama of the Rest

Author: Katherine M. Quinsey
ISBN-10: 0813108713
ISBN-13: 9780813108711
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 12/05/1996
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.00w x 0.62d