The Faithful Virgins

"The first printed edition of Polwhele's first play, -Faithful Virgins-, a tragicomedy apparently performed in London by the Duke's Company ca. 1669-1671, until now extant only in an unsigned manuscript in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. The introduction to this modern-spelling edition discusses the play in terms of radical changes in English stage practices following the restoration of the monarchy after England's civil war and situates Polwhele's play within the social and political life of seventeenth-century London"--

About the author

E. Polwhele (c. 1651-c. 1691) was one of the first women to write for the stage in Restoration London. There is no documentary evidence that her first name was "Elizabeth," but she is often referred to by that name. Ann Hollinshead Hurley is professor of English emerita at Wagner College and the author of numerous books, including John Donne's Poetry and Early Modern Visual Culture.

Product details

• Authors: E. Polwhele
• Assisted by: Ann Hollinshead Hurley (Editor)
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2024
• EAN: 9781649590978
• ISBN: 978-1-64959-097-8
• No. of pages: 93
• Dimensions: 227 mm x 152 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 206 g
• Illustrations: 3 color plates, 5 halftones
• Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies