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Nicholas Rowe and the beginnings of feminism on the London stage /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sennett, Herbert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, Md. : Academica Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Rowe, Nicholas, > 1674-1718 > Characters > Women.
Rowe, Nicholas, > 1674-1718 > Political and social views.
Rowe, Nicholas, > 1674-1718 > Stage history > England > London.
Feminism and literature > England > History > 18th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 18th century.
Feminism and theater > England.
Heroines in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Current scholarship on Rowe
  • Early twentieth century critics
  • Critics of the later twentieth century
  • Early information on Rowe
  • Political milieu
  • Rowe's early life
  • Early influences on Rowe's life
  • Rowe starts a family
  • Available roles for women
  • The problem of gazing and violence
  • The tradition of English tragedy
  • Rowe begins to develop the female hero
  • Rowe's writing matures with a second tragedy
  • The production of the play
  • A sad failure
  • The birth of a tragic hero(ine)
  • Rowe tries his hand at comedy
  • Rowe returns to tragedy
  • Rowe turns to English history
  • Rowe as a scholar
  • Rowe and Centlivre
  • Rowe and Pix
  • Rowe and Finch
  • Rowe and Pope
  • Rowe's developing feminism
  • Rowe's dramatic manipulation
  • The first criticism : a comparison between the two stages
  • Charles Gildon as Rowe critic
  • Gildon's A complete art of poetry
  • In Rowe's defense
  • Development of a plan
  • Another female hero takes shape
  • Rowe's final years
  • Tributes to Rowe
  • A few concluding remarks about Rowe.