Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The critical stage
- 1 “Equal to ourselves”: John Dryden's national literary history
- 2 Staging criticism, staging Milton: John Dryden's The State of Innocence
- 3 Imitating Shakespeare: gender and criticism
- 4 The female playwright and the city lady
- 5 Scandals of a female nature
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The critical stage
- 1 “Equal to ourselves”: John Dryden's national literary history
- 2 Staging criticism, staging Milton: John Dryden's The State of Innocence
- 3 Imitating Shakespeare: gender and criticism
- 4 The female playwright and the city lady
- 5 Scandals of a female nature
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of CriticismFrom Dryden to Manley, pp. viiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002