| Jane Austen and the Theatre Contributor(s): Gay, Penny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521652138 ISBN-13: 9780521652131 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2002 Annotation: Jane Austen was fascinated by theater from her childhood, but the myth remains that she was anti-theatrical. Contemporary film and television have shown how naturally dramatic her stories are. Penny Gay's book describes for the first time the rich theatrical context of Austen's writing, and the intersections between her novels and contemporary drama. Gay relates Austen's mature novels to the various genres of eighteenth-century drama--laughing comedy, sentimental comedy and tragedy, Gothic theatre, early melodrama. She demonstrates the complexity of Austen's analysis of the pervasive theatricality of her society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.7 |
| LCCN: 2001052640 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 4.56" W x 10.66" (1.06 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gay, Penny: - Penny Gay is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Sydney, where she also teaches performance studies. Her 1994 book As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women was the first feminist study of the performances of Shakespeare's comic heroines, and she has since published separate studies of The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It. |