Women, Nationalism and the Romantic Stage: Theatre and Politics in Britain, 1780-1800.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Publication: The Modern Language Review

Publication Date: 01-OCT-03

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Women, Nationalism and the Romantic Stage: Theatre and Politics in Britain, 1780-1800. By BETSY BOLTON. (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism) Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. 2001. xiv+272 pp. 40 [pounds sterling]; $59.95. ISBN 0-52177-116-1.

Betsy Bolton explores women's part in defining national identity at the end of the eighteenth century. Her arena is the Romantic stage, both London theatre and the public platform of politics. She argues that definition of nation, of gender, and of genre are interrelated, and her study provides a historical context for each. Her subject matter is...

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