Hannah Cowley (1743-1809) was a very successful dramatist, and something of an eighteenth-century celebrity. New critical interest in the drama of this period has meant a resurgence of interest in Cowley's writing and in the performance of her plays. This is the first substantial monograph study to examine Cowley's life and work.
Hannah Cowley (1743-1809) was a very successful dramatist, and something of an eighteenth-century celebrity. New critical interest in the drama of this period has meant a resurgence of interest in Cowley's writing and in the performance of her plays. This is the first substantial monograph study to examine Cowley's life and work.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Acknowledgements Note on Sources List of Abbreviations List of Figures Introduction 1 'Few Better Comedies than Hers' 2 'The Thwarted Passions and Loft y Grandeur of Tragedy': Cowley's Gothic Drama Albina 3 Civic Virtue Despotism and the Fall of Empires in Cowley's Tragedy The Fate of Sparta 4 Afterpiece Experiments: Oratory Pedantry and Politeness 5 The Imperial Project: Resistance and Revolution in Cowley's Oriental Musical Comedy 6 A Female Sculptor and Connoisseur: Artistic Self-Fashioning and the Exposure of Connoisseurship Collecting and Concupiscence Appendix: Chronology of Plays by Hannah Cowley Notes Works Cited Index
Acknowledgements Note on Sources List of Abbreviations List of Figures Introduction 1 'Few Better Comedies than Hers' 2 'The Thwarted Passions and Loft y Grandeur of Tragedy': Cowley's Gothic Drama Albina 3 Civic Virtue Despotism and the Fall of Empires in Cowley's Tragedy The Fate of Sparta 4 Afterpiece Experiments: Oratory Pedantry and Politeness 5 The Imperial Project: Resistance and Revolution in Cowley's Oriental Musical Comedy 6 A Female Sculptor and Connoisseur: Artistic Self-Fashioning and the Exposure of Connoisseurship Collecting and Concupiscence Appendix: Chronology of Plays by Hannah Cowley Notes Works Cited Index
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