Introducing Charlotte Charke : actress, author, enigma / edited by Philip E. Baruth ; afterword by Felicity A. Nussbaum.
| Other author | Baruth, Philip E. (Philip Edward) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1998. |
| Description | viii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Charlotte Charke |
| Contents | Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Philip Baruth -- Who is Charlotte Charke? / Philip Baruth -- Charlotte Charke and the Cibbers: private life as public spectacle / Jean Marsden -- The transgressive daughter and the masquerade of self-representation / Sidonie Smith -- The guilty pleasures of female theatrical cross-dressing and the autobiography of Charlotte Charke / Kristina Straub -- Charlotte Charke: images and afterimages / Robert Folkenflik -- Teaching Charlotte Charke: feminism, pedagogy, and the construction of the self / Madeleine Kahn -- "A masculine turn of mind": Charlotte Charke and the periodical press / Hans Turley -- Turning to men: genres of cross-dressing in Charke's narrative and Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice / Joseph Chaney -- Afterword: Charke's "variety of wretchedness" / Felicity A. Nussbaum. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98008907 |
| ISBN | 025202415X (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0252067231 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN2598.C28 I58 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |