ENGLISH

Outward Appearances: The Female Exterior in Restoration London

By Will Pritchard

Book information

Publisher
Bucknell Univ Pr
Year
2007
ISBN
0838756883, 9780838756881
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13763729 bytes)
Series
The Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Edition
1
Pages
266\266
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-06-22 19:22:26
British & Irish;European;Regional & Cultural;Histo

Description

This book elucidates early modern attitudes toward women's public display. It is a cultural study that draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary texts from 1650-1700 to revisit the sites where women appeared most prominently: the playhouse, the park, and the New Exchange (a shopping arcade in the Strand). An academic study, "Outward Appearances" is written in a clear and engaging style. It is aimed primarily at literary scholars, but historians will take a keen interest in it as well. It offers a fresh context for the study of Restoration drama and a provocative argument about women and public space. Will Pritchard is an Assistant Professor of English at Lewis and Clark College.

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