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A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender.

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Her introductory material places its initial emphasis upon biographical narrative _ an invaluable context in which to understand Cavendish's work, and most especially her dramatic writing, which is obsessed by the cultural anxieties surrounding the female intellectual of high birth who seeks a more public identity. -- Andrew Hiscock Review of English Studies

The Convent of Pleasure and Other Plays

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 6/18/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780801861000, 978-0801861000
      ISBN10: 0801861004

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender.

      Trade Review
      Her introductory material places its initial emphasis upon biographical narrative _ an invaluable context in which to understand Cavendish's work, and most especially her dramatic writing, which is obsessed by the cultural anxieties surrounding the female intellectual of high birth who seeks a more public identity. -- Andrew Hiscock Review of English Studies

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