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Paula de Pando John Banks's female tragic heroes
reimagining tudor queens in restoration she-tragedy
In 'John Banks's Female Tragic Heroes', Paula de Pando offers the first monograph on Restoration playwright John Banks. De Pando analyses Banks's civic model of she-tragedy in terms of its successful adaptation of Early Modern literary traditions and its engagement with current political and cultural debates. Using Tudor queens as tragic heroes and specifically addressing female audiences, patrons and critics, Banks made women rather than men the subject of tragedy, revolutionising drama and influencing...
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Engels | 192 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2018
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