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Book SynopsisThis book elucidates early modern attitudes toward women's public display. It is a cultural study that draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary texts from 1650-1700 to revisit the sites where women appeared most prominently: the playhouse, the park, and the New Exchange (a shopping arcade in the Strand). An academic study, Outward Appearances is written in a clear and engaging style. It is aimed particularly at literary scholars, but historians will take a keen interest in it as well. It offers a fresh context for the study of Restoration drama and a provocative argument about women and public space.
Trade ReviewWill Pritchard's Outward Appearances: The Female Exterior in Restoration London is a compelling and original study of the interaction between the male gaze and the female body. . . . [Pritchard] has uncovered and recontextualized a wide range of primary texts and images, and he has offered a carefully crafted, well-documented take on the female exterior. (Restoration. 33.1)))) -- Emily Bowles-Smith * Lawrence University *
"Will Pritchard's Outward Appearances: The Female Exterior in Restoration London is a compelling and original study of the interaction between the male gaze and the female body. . . . [Pritchard] has uncovered and recontextualized a wide range of primary texts and images, and he has offered a carefully crafted, well-documented take on the female exterior." -- Emily Bowles-Smith, Lawrence University * Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700 *
