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

Author/creator Wilson, Brett D., 1971-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
Descriptionxvi, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850
Contents 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.
General noteIntroduction: "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011039966
ISBN9781611483642 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1611483646 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781611483659 (electronic)
ISBN1611483654 (electronic)

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