Acts of desire : women and sex on stage, 1800-1930
English drama Sex differences in literature Sex in literature Women in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc e-böcker
Oxford University Press
2013
EISBN 9780191653063
Seduced maidens and resourceful maids.
Bigamy and sensation.
English decency and French immorality.
Sex problems and nature's law.
Workers and wages.
Rewriting the past.
'Acts of Desire' is a study of theatrical depictions of illicit female sexuality, from seduction and prostitution to bigamy and adultery, from the beginning of the 19th century through to the 1930s.
Bigamy and sensation.
English decency and French immorality.
Sex problems and nature's law.
Workers and wages.
Rewriting the past.
'Acts of Desire' is a study of theatrical depictions of illicit female sexuality, from seduction and prostitution to bigamy and adultery, from the beginning of the 19th century through to the 1930s.
