| Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843 Contributor(s): Franceschina, John C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815317816 ISBN-13: 9780815317814 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: The publication of these popular 19th century stage plays is a cause for celebration for theater enthusiasts, who will now have an opportunity to stage and perform in the works. It will alko interest those who are involved in the reassessment of women's place in society in the past two centuries. Until now melodrama of this period available in print was almost exclusively written by men, and the existence of works by women was little known. Consequently, theater historians have concentrated on the work of male playwrights. A reason for this has been the lack of knowledge of a representative female canon, particularly of melodramas by women written before the Theater Regulation Act of 1843. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 823.087 |
| LCCN: 96024213 |
| Series: Garland Reference Library of the Humanities |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.02" W x 8.78" (1.53 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The plays collected in Sisters of Gore span the development of Gothic melodrama from the 1790s to the 1840s. |