Gender, Theatre, and the Origins of Criticism : From Dryden to Manley (Hardcover)

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; Bibliography; Index.