Feminist Comedy argues that the development of modern feminist thought is closely linked to theatrical comedy. Through analysis of plays by Catherine Clive, Frances Brooke, Frances Burney, Hannah Cowley, and Elizabeth Inchbald, the book demonstrates that these authors turned to comedy as a site of feminist critique, practice, and experimentation. .
Feminist Comedy argues that the development of modern feminist thought is closely linked to theatrical comedy. Through analysis of plays by Catherine Clive, Frances Brooke, Frances Burney, Hannah Cowley, and Elizabeth Inchbald, the book demonstrates that these authors turned to comedy as a site of feminist critique, practice, and experimentation. .
Willow White is assistant professor at the University of Alberta and her research focuses on English theatre and literature of the long eighteenth century with specialization in women writers, literatures of empire, and Indigeneity. She coedited A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison (2022) with Tiffany Potter, and her work has appeared in such journals as Women's Writing and Eighteenth-Century Studies.
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Figures Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Comic Resurgence: Catherine Clive 2. Musical Comedy: Frances Brooke 3. Laughter and Femininity: Frances Burney 4. The Satirical Seraglio: Hannah Cowley 5. Sentimental Comedy and Feminism: Elizabeth Inchbald Conclusion: Feminist Comedy 250 Years Later Appendix: Women’s Plays Staged in London’s Patent Theaters, 1750–1800 Notes Bibliography Index