| Playing Spaces in Early Women's Drama Contributor(s): Findlay, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521839564 ISBN-13: 9780521839563 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: From the Abbess of Barking to Aphra Behn, women manipulated dramatic venues and settings to renegotiate their place in society. This is the first study to examine the playing spaces for early modern women??'s drama and how women played with space in scripts and performances. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 822.009 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.22" W x 9.28" (1.25 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the Abbess of Barking to Aphra Behn, women manipulated dramatic venues and settings to renegotiate their place in society. This is the first study to examine the playing spaces for early modern women's drama and how women played with space in scripts and performances. |
Contributor Bio(s): Findlay, Alison: - Alison Findlay is Professor of Renaissance Drama in the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Lancaster. |