"Restless and still Unsatisfied We Roam": Politics and Gender in Eliza Haywood's <i>The Fair Captive

The first of Eliza Haywoods dramas, The Fair Captive remains a widely overlooked work in her oeuvre. Yet this play engages in a tradition of feminocentric Islamicate dramas in order to reflect on current cultural concerns surrounding the monarchy and the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. By pitting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gould, Rachel Elizabeth
Other Authors: Bridget Orr
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2015
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11202015-124833/