{"product_id":"womens-acts-plays-by-women-dramatists-of-spains-golden-age-9780813108896","title":"Women's Acts: Plays by Women Dramatists of Spain's Golden Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventeenth-century Spain witnessed a rich flowering of dramatic activity that paralleled the Renaissance stage in other European countries. Yet this Golden Age traditionally has been represented in print almost entirely by male playwrights. With \u003ci\u003eWomen's Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, Teresa Scott Soufas makes available eight plays by five long-neglected women dramatists: Angela de Azevedo, Ana Caro Mallen de Soto, Leonor de la Cueva y Silva, Feliciana Enriquez de Guzman, and Marla de Zayas y Sotomayor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age when moralists denounced women's participation in the public arena, these women transgressed traditional gender ideology by creating works for the secular stage. Female characters in their plays portray the contradictions in their society's expectations for women. Ranging from an empress whose unmarried state distresses her subjects, to a woman who adopts male behavior patterns in courtship, and another who must dress like a man in order to be heard in court, female characters show how difficult it was for women to find fulfillment during a time when their opportunities were limited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction, Soufas reviews the development of sixteenth- and seventeenth- century Spanish drama while focusing on the position of women during this period, the significance of these plays, and the issues the playwrights address. Each dramatist's section opens with an overview of the author's life and professional activity, a synopsis of her work(s), and a selected bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a modernized edition that is consistent, readable, and suitable for use by both students and scholars, the plays in \u003ci\u003eWomen's Acts\u003c\/i\u003e will at last earn their rightful place in the canon of Renaissance drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Teresa Scott Soufas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.03h x 7.04w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813108896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeresa Scott Soufas\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Spanish and chair of the department of Spanish and Portuguese at Tulane University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40177457168499,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0d6332e2-303e-4f4e-ab8d-51de5847df54.jpg?v=1655385241","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/womens-acts-plays-by-women-dramatists-of-spains-golden-age-9780813108896","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}