The female academy 'I will put my Daughter therein to be instructed''
"The Female Academy," the last play in her 1662 collection, opens with a fait accompli—a group of “old matrons” has established an educational institution devoted exclusively to the education of young women, “a house wherein a company of young ladies are instructed . . . to speak wittily a...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Lugar de publicación no identificado] :
[Stage Door]
[mayo 2019]
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011462934908016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Sumario: | "The Female Academy," the last play in her 1662 collection, opens with a fait accompli—a group of “old matrons” has established an educational institution devoted exclusively to the education of young women, “a house wherein a company of young ladies are instructed . . . to speak wittily and rationally, . . . to behave themselves handsomely, and to live virtuously.” In this play, Cavendish presents the Female Academy as an institution created by women, inhabited solely by women, and operated for the benefit of women. The play also allows us to see the reactions of men, excluded from the Female Academy. Instead of ignoring the school, or wishing its young pupils well in their educational pursuits, men can’t stay away—they hang around and spy on what’s going on through “a large open grate” that allows them to hear the lectures being given inside. The play alternates scenes between the young women inside the Female Academy and the increasingly frustrated men in the outside world. |
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| Notas: | Editor y fecha de publicación tomada de Amazon.es "As a playwright she produced many works although most are as closet dramas. (This is a play not intended to be performed onstage, but instead read by a solitary reader or perhaps out loud in a small group. For Margaret the rigours of exile, her gender and Cromwell's closing of the theatres mean this was her early vehicle of choice and, despite these handicaps, she became one of the most well-known playwrights in England)" -- Introducción |
| Descripción Física: | 31 páginas sin numerar ; 23 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye "Margaret Cavendish - A concise bibliography" |
| ISBN: | 9781787804371 |
