Title Frances Burney, dramatist : gender, performance, and the late eighteenth-century stage / Barbara Darby

Published Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (250 pages) Contents Gender and the stage -- Censored women : The Witlings -- Politicized bodies and the body politic : Edwy and Elgiva and Elberta -- The daughter's tragedy : Hubert De Vere and The siege of Pevensey -- "Choice" and evaluation : Love and fashion -- Family matters : A busy day and The woman-hater -- A context and overview : Burney and the late eighteenth-century stage -- Conclusion : really a genius for the stage Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Texts and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Gender and the Stage; 2. Censored Women: The Witlings; 3. Politicized Bodies and the Body Politic: Edwy and Elgiva and Elberta; 4. The Daughter's Tragedy: Hubert De Vere and The Siege of Pevensey; 5. ""Choice"" and Evaluation: Love and Fashion; 6. Family Matters: A Busy Day and The Woman-Hater; 7. A Context and Overview: Burney and the Late-Eighteenth-Centur Stage; Conclusion: Really a Genius for the Stage; Notes; Index Summary The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letter-writer is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years. Yet she was always intrigued by, and wrote for, the stage. Though only one of Burney's dramas was performed in her lifetime, Barbara Darby places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, challenging past assertions about Burney that were based entirely on her novels and journals. Darby maintains that in exposing the failure of such practices and institutions as courtship, marriage, family, government, and the church, Burney's dramas often exceed her novels in the depth of their social commentary The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letterwriter is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years. Yet Burney was always intrigued by, and wrote for, the stage. Though only one of Burney's dramas was performed in her lifetime, Barbara Darby places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, challenging past assertions about Burney that were based entirely on her novels and journals. Darby maintains that in exposing the failure of such practices and institutions as courtship, marriage, family, government, and the c Notes English Print version record Subject Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Dramatic works SUBJECT Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 fast Subject Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century Women in the theater -- England -- History -- 18th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Criticism and interpretation Feminism and literature Women and literature Women in the theater English. Languages & Literatures. English Literature. England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813159317 0813159318 1322597286 9781322597287 0813120225 9780813120225

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