English women staging Islam, 1696-1707
By: Delarivier Manley and Mary Pix ; edited and introduced by Bernadette Andrea
Contributors: Pix, Mary, 1666-1720; Andrea, Bernadette Diane; Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies; Iter Inc
Series: The other voice in early modern Europe series : the Toronto series -- 17
Publisher: ITER
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
ISBN-13: 9780772721204
Subjects: English drama; Histoire; Influence islamique; Écrivaines; Théâtre anglais; Women authors; Islam and literature; Islamic influences; Islam et littérature; History
Description: "Delarivier Manley and Mary Pix were among the groundbreaking "female wits," who debuted their original plays for the public stage in 1695-66. Two of these plays contain explicitly Islamicate themes. Manley's The Royal Mischief expands on The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia (1686), and Pix's Ibrahim draws on Rycaut's History of the Turkish Empire (1687). Continuing this interest, Manley's Almyna (1706-7) responds to the newly traslated Arabian Nights Entertainments (1704-17). and Pix's The Conquest of Spain (1705) engages the history of Islamic Spain recounted in The Life of the Most Illustrious Monarch Almanzor (1693). These plays have been modernized and annotated in this edition, for the first time. This edition also includes appendices with excerpts from historical sources and a select bibliography"--Back cover.
Notes: Co-published by:  Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-499) and index.

Issued also in electronic format.