Theresa Varney Kennedy

Women's Deliberation: The Heroine in Early Modern French Women's Theater (1650-1750) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Deliberating the Heroine in Early Modern French Women's Theater argues that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century women playwrights used their heroines as a vehicle through which to question traditional views on women. Author Theresa Kennedy argues that only the 'deliberative heroine,' based on Enlightenment ideals-such as women's ability to rationalize and the complex interplay between reason and sentiment-truly liberates female characters from a history of traditional roles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317153368
• Artikelnr.: 54222209

Autorenporträt

Theresa Varney Kennedy is Associate Professor of French at Baylor University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Irrational Heroines 2. Dutiful Heroines 3. Bold and Brazen Heroines 4. Deliberative Heroines

Rezensionen

"This study is a useful and well-researched addition to the critical corpus on early modern women playwrights, and as such it is deserving of praise."

- Mary Mcalpin, University Of Tennessee, Seventeeth Century News

" This volume will prove to be a valuable read for scholars not only of drama but also of early modern literature and gender studies, and the extensive bibliographies which accompany each chapter will surely be of use to a wide range of researchers. I have no doubt that the case made by Kennedy throughout this volume will be taken up by others, and one can only look forward to the expansion and development of her innovative "types."

- Lucy Rayfield, University Of Oxford