Feminist Comedy : Women Playwrights of London (Early Modern Feminisms)

White, Willow

University of Delaware Press（2024/06発売）

University of Delaware Press（2024/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 214 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781644533406
• DDC分類 B

Full Description

Feminist Comedy: Women Playwrights of London identifies the eighteenth-century comedic stage as a key site of feminist critique, practice, and experimentation. While the history of feminism and comedy is undeniably vexed, by focusing on five women playwrights of the latter half of the eighteenth century--Catherine Clive, Frances Brooke, Frances Burney, Hannah Cowley, and Elizabeth Inchbald--this book demonstrates that stage comedy was crucial to these women's professional success in a male-dominated industry and reveals a unifying thread of feminist critique that connects their works. Though male detractors denied women's comic ability throughout the era, eighteenth-century women playwrights were on the cutting edge of comedy and their work had important feminist influence that can be traced to today's stages and screens.

Contents

Figures
Tables
Acknowledgments

Introduction 

1. Comic Resurgence: Catherine Clive

2. Musical Comedy: Frances Brooke

3. Laughter and Femininity: Frances Burney

4. The Satirical Seraglio: Hannah Cowley

5. Sentimental Comedy and Feminism: Elizabeth Inchbald

Conclusion: Feminist Comedy 250 Years Later

Appendix: Women's Plays Staged in London's Patent Theaters, 1750-1800
Notes
Bibliography
Index