The celebrated Mrs. Centlivre / by John Wilson Bowyer
1952, 1st edition. Durham : Duke University Press. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat stained, edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #404302
Physical description; vii, 267 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliographical footnotes. "A bibliography of Mrs. Centlivre's writings": pages 253-256. Contents; Strolling actress : Youthful adventuress -- Friends, letters, and a play -- "It is a Woman's" -- Marriage and recognition -- A bout with the Female Tatler -- An interlude -- A political Gambit -- The Wonder : a Woman Keeps a Secret -- The Catholick poet and "The Cook's Wife" -- Back to the theater -- Friends and occasional poems -- A last fling in the theater. Subjects; Centlivre, Susanna 1667?-1723. Centlivre, Susanna 1667?-1723 Criticism and interpretation. Women dramatists ; Biography. Femmes dramaturges ; Biographies. Women dramatists. Biografie. Women and literature England History 18th century. Dramatists, English 18th century ; Biography. Drama in English Centlivre, Susannah biographies. Women dramatists. Theatre. 18th Century. Playwrights. Biography. Centlivre. Centlivre, Susanne biographies. Drama in English 1702-1745 biographies.
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