A race of female patriots : women and public spirit on the British stage, 1688-1745 / / Brett D. Wilson.
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Superior document: | Transits : literature, thought & culture 1650-1850 |
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Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Transits (Bucknell University)
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Physical Description: | xvi, 293 p. |
Notes: | 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. |
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