Women and playwriting in nineteenth-century Britain

Women and playwriting in nineteenth-century Britain / edited by Tracy C. Davis and Ellen Donkin.

Other author/creator	Davis, Tracy C., 1960-
Other author/creator	Donkin, Ellen, 1949-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description	xvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	English drama--Women authors --History and criticism. Women and literature--Great Britain --History --19th century. English drama--19th century --History and criticism.

Contents	The sociable playwright and representative citizen / Tracy C. Davis -- "To be public as a genius and private as a woman" / Gay Gibson Cima -- Mrs. Gore gives tit for tat / Ellen Donkin -- Jane Scott the writer-manager / Jacky Bratton -- Illusions of authorship / Jane Moody -- Sarah Lane / Jim Davis -- Staging the state / Beth H. Friedman-Romell -- The "lady playwrights" and the "wild tribes of the East" / Heidi J. Holder -- "From a female pen" / Katherine Newey -- Genre trouble / Susan Bennett -- Sappho in the closet / Denise A. Walen -- Conflicted politics and circumspect comedy / Susan Carlson.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98038099
ISBN	0521574137 (hardback)
ISBN	0521659825 (paperback)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR728.W6 W66 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold