Title: Notorious Muse
Description: "As these essays demonstrate, the cultural and social position of the British actress was in transition at this period. The growing professionalism of the female performer, along with her greater social mobility, financial sufficiency, and creative autonomy, began to supplant - though not entirely erase - her time-honoured reputation as a sexual object."--Jacket.
Subjects: Actresses, Social conditions, History, Actresses in art, British Art, Theater and society, Themes, motives