John Banks's female tragic heroes : reimagining Tudor queens in Restoration she-tragedy /
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Author / Creator: | Pando, Paula de, author. |
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Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] |
Description: | x, 192 pages ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Drama and theatre in early modern Europe, 2211-341X ; volume 9 Drama and theatre in early modern Europe ; 9. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11709259 |
Summary: | In John Banks's Female Tragic Heroes , Paula de Pando offers the first monograph on Restoration playwright John Banks. De Pando analyses Banks's civic model of she-tragedy in terms of its successful adaptation of early modern literary traditions and its engagement with contemporary political and cultural debates. Using Tudor queens as tragic heroes and specifically addressing female audiences, patrons and critics, Banks made women rather than men the subject of tragedy, revolutionising drama and influencing depictions of gender, politics, and history in the long eighteenth century. |
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Physical Description: | x, 192 pages ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004379336 9004379339 9789004379343 |
ISSN: | 2211-341X ; |