Challenges to Traditional Authority: Plays by French Women Authors, 1650-1700 Volume 36

by Perry Gethner, Françoise Pascal, Antoinette Deshoulières, et al.

The second half of the seventeenth century marked the first major breakthrough for women playwrights in France, as some of them succeeded in getting their works staged, published and taken seriously by critics and authority figures. The four works included here, translated into English for the first time, represent the diversity of genres cultivated by these writers, while reflecting both the cultural milieu of the era and a concern for the status...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0866985301
• ISBN13: 9780866985307
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"