About the book
Closet Stages examines theater theory produced by middle- and upper-class British women-playwrights, actresses, and spectators-between 1790 and 1840. Shifting the focus away from the Romantic male writers to the journals, letters, and play prefaces in which women framed their relationship to the theater arts, Catherine Burroughs reveals how a concern with the performative aspects of daily life and the movement between public and private spheres produced a notion of theater that complicates the Romantic opposition between \"closet\" and \"stage.\"
Editions of Closet Stages
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780812233933
- PDF
- ISBN 9781512801019
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Closet Stages examines theater theory produced by middle- and upper-class British women-playwrights, actresses, and spectators-between 1790 and 1840. Shifting the focus away from the Romantic male writers to the journals, letters, and play prefaces in which women framed their relationship to the theater arts, Catherine Burroughs reveals how a concern with the performative aspects of daily life and the movement between public and private spheres produced a notion of theater that complicates the Romantic opposition between \"closet\" and \"stage.\"
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What is Closet Stages about?
Closet Stages examines theater theory produced by middle- and upper-class British women-playwrights, actresses, and spectators-between 1790 and 1840. Shifting the focus away from the Romantic male writers to the journals, letters, and play prefaces in which women framed their relationship to the theater arts, Catherine Burroughs reveals how a concern with the performative aspects of daily life and the movement between public and private spheres produced a notion of theater that complicates the Romantic opposition between \"closet\" and \"stage.\"
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Closet Stages?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
Where can I read a sample of Closet Stages?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780812233933
How long is Closet Stages and how many pages does it have?
Closet Stages has 256 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Closet Stages?
Catherine B. Burroughs
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Closet Stages is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780812233933) and pdf(ISBN 9781512801019)
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