| Marriage and Late-Victorian Dramatists 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Christian, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030406415 ISBN-13: 9783030406417 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.58 lbs) 203 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines plays produced in England in the 1890s and early 1900s and the ways in which these plays responded to changing perceptions of marriage. Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and other late-Victorian dramatists challenged romanticized ideals of love and domesticity, and, in the process, these authors appropriated and rewrote the genre conventions that had dominated English drama for much of the nineteenth century. In their plays, theater became a forum for debating the problems of traditional marriage and envisioning alternative forms of partnership. This book is written for scholars specializing in the areas of Victorian studies, dramatic literature, theater history, performance studies, and gender studies. |
