This anthology offers a selection of popular dramatic works by female playwrights from Aphra Behn in the 1670s through Hannah Cowley in the later eighteenth cen
The first collection of a previously neglected, yet rich vein. Eighteen Century Britain saw some of the most brilliant, witty and popular stage productions, wri
This volume was the first historical introduction to women's writing in France from the sixth century to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leadi