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Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of Criticism: From Dryden to Manley

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
9780511021114, 9780521818100, 0521818109
LCC
PR63 .F73 2003
Open Library ID
OL19546051M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
887 kB (908641 bytes)
Pages
186\187
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Marcie Frank explores the theoretical and literary legacy of John Dryden to a number of prominent women writers of his time. Frank examines the pre-eminence of gender, sexuality and the theater in Dryden's critical texts that are predominantly rewritings of the work of his own literary precursors--Ben Jonson, Shakespeare and Milton. She proposes that Dryden develops a native literary tradition that is passed on as an inheritance to his heirs--Aphra Behn, Catharine Trotter, and Delarivier Manley--as well as to their male contemporaries.

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