num_pages: 248
description: An abundance of rich and memorable female roles is one of the most striking features of turn-of-the-century European drama. Gail Finney traces the source of this phenomenon to large-scale upheavals in prevailing contemporary attitudes toward women. She cites two major developments in the culmination in the years 1880-1920 of the first feminist movement; and Freud’s formulation of his theories of sexuality, which emphasize differences between the sexes. Taking into account these strong, sometimes conflicting intellectual currents, Women in Modern Drama explores the dynamics of gender identity and family relationships in major plays by European male dramatists, including Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Wilde, Schnitzler, Synge, Hofmannsthal, Wedekind, and Hauptmann. (from the dust jacket)
language: English
title: Women in Modern Drama: Freud, Feminism, and European Theater at the Turn of the Century
titlecomplete: Women in Modern Drama: Freud, Feminism, and European Theater at the Turn of the Century
genres: Feminism
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Cornell University Press