Readings in Renaissance Women's Drama
Author | : S. P. Cerasano |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2002-01-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134711864 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134711867 |
Rating | : 4/5 (867 Downloads) |
Download or read book Readings in Renaissance Women's Drama written by S. P. Cerasano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readings in Renaissance Women's Drama is the most complete sourcebook for the study of this growing area of inquiry. It brings together, for the first time, a collection of the key critical commentaries and historical essays - both classic and contemporary - on Renaissance women's drama. Specifically designed to provide a comprehensive overview for students, teachers and scholars, this collection combines: * this century's key critical essays on drama by early modern women by early critics such as Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot * specially-commissioned new essays by some of today's important feminist critics * a preface and introduction explaining this selection and contexts of the materials * a bibliography of secondary sources Playwrights covered include Joanna Lumley, Elizabeth Cary, Mary Sidney, Mary Wroth and the Cavendish sisters.