The Female Tradition A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing by Elaine Showalter Review by: Ruth Yeazell NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction‚ Vol. 11‚ No. 3 (Spring‚ 1978)‚ pp. 281-285 Published by: Duke University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1344968 . Accessed: 15/02/2015 09:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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Feminism in Literature Overview Feminism has gradually become more far-ranging and subtle in its attacks on male-dominated society. Many injustices still need to be corrected‚ but equally necessary is a more down-to-earth‚ tolerant and compassionate view of fellow human beings. Introduction Many feminists dislike theory. Sharp intellectual categories‚ argumentation‚ seeming objectivity‚ and the whole tradition they grow out of are just what feminists are seeking to escape. And if their reasoning
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Portrayal of women in the middle ages: By the Middle Ages‚ it was commonly accepted that Eve was principally to blame for the disobedience that led to the fall of humanity. Greek ideas had replaced Jewish in Christian thinking‚ including the notion that the soul was good but the body evil. Heretical though this might have been‚ it didn’t stop sexuality being regarded as somehow evil. One of the few recorded medieval women writers‚ the mystic Margery Kempe‚ aspired to celibacy even within marriage
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Against these we have juxtaposed the very reverse‚ in characters such a Joss Bont‚ his wife Aphra and the self-serving nasty piece of work that is Colonel Bradford. Joss is all about himself and Aphra not far behind him. He has a suspect history with Anna‚ who had suffered at his hand for years‚ before the story opens‚ and he deals the same treatment out to his other children‚ when it suits him
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York’s African Free School and briefly at University of Glasgow‚ Scotland. Active in New York amateur theatre. Made his professional stage debut as the first black actor at Royal Coburg Theatre‚ London on 10th October 1825 playing role of Prince Oroonoko of Africa sold into slavery in melodrama The Revolt of Surinam‚ or A Slave’s Revenge. Toured established theatre circuits in provinces of British Isles for 27 years as star of about 60 roles in melodrama‚ romantic drama‚ operetta‚ comedy and Shakespeare
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* History of Drama * Spanish Period 1. Tibag * “to excavate” * St. Helena’s search for the cross 2. Lagaylay – Pilareños of Sorsogon get together during Maytime 3. Cenaculo – passion and death of Christ a. Cantada – chanted like pasion b. Hablada – rhythmic measure of words in a deliberate manner * Spanish Period 4. Panunuluyan – Mary & Joseph searching for refuge before Christ’s birth - presented before 12mn on Christmas eve 5. Salubong – during easter
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King Lear If I were to stage a performance of King Lear‚ I would attempt to cultivates more sympathy for the unruly royal father. When I first read this play‚ I judged King Lear harshly for making one foolish mistake after another. I viewed his treatment of Regan‚ and Goneril as sufficient evidence for his eviction. King Lear was neither intelligent or moral. He was simply an outdated‚ foolish‚ and hostile old man. However‚ after digesting the play I have found the folly of my ways. Since the
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Ira Frederick Aldridge was born on July 24‚ 1807 in New York. However‚ his birthplace remained questionable until 40 or so years ago. It has also been listed as Senegal(Africa)‚ and Maryland. However conclusive evidence was found in the 1950s that he was born in New York. Included in this evidence are his British Naturalization papers and Death Certificate. His father was Reverend Daniel Adlridge ‚ a straw vendor and preacher in "Old Zion". His mother was Lurranah. Ira grew up in a house on what
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of [their] new reality”. During the times of the Plague‚ there were some that went insane because of who or what they lost‚ and if said people were to have survived this ordeal‚ their liberty would not have been for long. Such an example would be Aphra Bont‚ who had hanged her child‚ Faith‚ as a “puppet-like” action‚ and resulted in “Her madness” having “thinned her down to a wisp”. Year of Wonders genuinely illustrations to the audience how these people overcame all of these tragedies‚ but from
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The Rise of the English Novel English literature has a long and colorful history. From the masterfully written old English tales of Chaucer to the countless Shakespearian dramas to the poetic verses of Tennyson‚ England has produced some of the richest treasures of the literary world. Not until the eighteenth century‚ however‚ did a type of literature develop that completely broke the traditions of the past and opened the door to a whole new generation of writers. This new genre was appropriately
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