Early American Women Dramatists, 1780-1860 (Garland Studies in Amrican Popular History and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780815333043
Subjects: Plays & playwrights; Women and literature; Performing Arts; American drama; Plays / Drama; United States; Plays; Theater - History & Criticism; American; History / General; Women authors; 18th century; 19th century; History; History and criticism
First sentence: Although contemporary feminist criticism has mainly focused upon American women playwrights of the twentieth century-women like Rachel Crothers, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, and Sophie Treadwell-there is evidence that a feminist tradition rooted deep in the nationalistic and democratic impulses of the American nation existed more than a hundred years before these women started writing.