The Routledge Anthology of British Women Playwrights, 1777-1843

*The Routledge Anthology of British Women Playwrights, 1777-1843* brings together ten plays by female dramatists and writers, to stimulate a rich discussion of women, writing, and theatre history.

Informationen zum Autor Thomas C. Crochunis is Associate Professor of English at Shippensburg University, USA. He is cofounder of the online project "British Women Playwrights around 1800" and edited the collection Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist: Critical Essays (2004). He has published work on gothic drama, women playwrights and theatre managers, the teaching of women's playwriting history, and digital humanities scholarship. Michael E. Sinatra is Professor of English at the Université de Montréal, Canada. Sinatra is the founding director of the DH Center CRIHN, an associated fellow of the Canada Research Chair in Digital Textualities, the co-director of Nines, and the co-general editor of the series Parcours numériques. He co-edited (with Tim Fulford) The Regency Revisited (2016) in which he also published his essay, "'Senators and actors': Leigh Hunt's Theatrical Criticism and the Regency." Klappentext The Routledge Anthology of British Women Playwrights, 1777-1843 brings together ten plays by female dramatists and writers, to stimulate a rich discussion of women, writing, and theatre history. Zusammenfassung The Routledge Anthology of British Women Playwrights, 1777-1843 brings together ten plays by female dramatists and writers, to stimulate a rich discussion of women, writing, and theatre history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors Acknowledgements General editors' introduction 1 Hannah More, Percy 2 Amelia Alderson Opie, Adelaide 3 Hannah Brand, Huniades; or, The Siege of Belgrade 4 Hannah Cowley, A Day in Turkey; or, The Russian Slaves 5 Frances Burney, Edwy and Elgiva 6 Elizabeth Inchbald, Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are 7 Joanna Baillie, The Election 8 An Evening with Jane Scott 9 Mary Russell Mitford, Rienzi 10 Catherine Gore, Quid Pro Quo; or, The Day of the Dupes Suggested reading Index ...

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Thomas C. Crochunis is Associate Professor of English at Shippensburg University, USA. He is cofounder of the online project "British Women Playwrights around 1800" and edited the collection Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist: Critical Essays (2004). He has published work on gothic drama, women playwrights and theatre managers, the teaching of women's playwriting history, and digital humanities scholarship.

Michael E. Sinatra is Professor of English at the Université de Montréal, Canada. Sinatra is the founding director of the DH Center CRIHN, an associated fellow of the Canada Research Chair in Digital Textualities, the co-director of Nines, and the co-general editor of the series Parcours numériques. He co-edited (with Tim Fulford) The Regency Revisited (2016) in which he also published his essay, "'Senators and actors': Leigh Hunt's Theatrical Criticism and the Regency."

Klappentext

The Routledge Anthology of British Women Playwrights, 1777-1843 brings together ten plays by female dramatists and writers, to stimulate a rich discussion of women, writing, and theatre history.

Inhalt

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

General editors' introduction

1 Hannah More, Percy

2 Amelia Alderson Opie, Adelaide

3 Hannah Brand, Huniades; or, The Siege of Belgrade

4 Hannah Cowley, A Day in Turkey; or, The Russian Slaves

5 Frances Burney, Edwy and Elgiva

6 Elizabeth Inchbald, Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are

7 Joanna Baillie, The Election

8 An Evening with Jane Scott

9 Mary Russell Mitford, Rienzi

10 Catherine Gore, Quid Pro Quo; or, The Day of the Dupes

Suggested reading

Index