A race of female patriots : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilson, Brett D., 1971-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Bucknell University Press, co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.
Series:	Transits (Bucknell University)
Subjects:	English drama > 18th century > History and criticism. Political plays, English > History and criticism. Women and literature > England > History > 18th century. Women in literature. Patriotism in literature. Theater > Political aspects > England > History > 18th century. Women in the theater > England > History > 18th century. Theater audiences > England > History > 17th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Item Description:	Introduction: "A female patriot? vanity! absurd!" -- "How hard is the condition of our sex"?: the female advocate and the subject of sympathy in The fair penitent -- That sex's care: sentimental union and the common good -- Public victims: Janes, Jacobites, and the national she-tragedy -- "Even in the softer sex": gendering patriotism in the plays of James Thomson -- Epilogue: circulating power, public affections, and the re-masculinization of British public spirit. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	xvi, 293 pages
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.