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Elizabeth Cooper's The Rival Widows, or Fair Libertine is an essential resource for scholars and students of eighteenth-century literature, gender studies and theatrical history. This old-spelling edition from Routledge restores a neglected female playwright to scholarly attention, offering the first modern reprint since the original 1735 publication. The play follows Lady Bellair, a spirited young widow whose story challenges conventional expectations about desire, marriage and sentiment in the period. With its bold examination of female agency and libertine themes, The Rival Widows provides valuable insights into early modern culture and gender representation. This Contemporary Editions volume makes an important but overlooked dramatic work accessible to universities, libraries and researchers studying women's writing, theatre history and social attitudes of the Georgian era.

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The Rival Widows follows Lady Bellair, a widow character whose narrative challenges standard eighteenth-century expectations about female desire and marriage.

This old-spelling edition preserves the original 1735 text, providing scholars with authentic language and spelling conventions from the period.

Part of Routledge's Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions series, designed for academic research and university classroom use.

The play addresses themes of libertinism and sentiment that illuminate gender studies and cultural history of the Georgian period.

First modern reprint in nearly three centuries makes this neglected female playwright's work available to contemporary academic audiences.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0754654788
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theatre
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 August 2007
Listed Since: 11 May 2007

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