'Most women have no character at all': female playwrights and the London Theatre, 1760-1800

The eighteenth century saw a remarkable increase in the number of works written by women, and also the number of women who made a living by writing. For the first time, being a writer was a viable career choice for a woman, and it was possible to support a family by writing, despite the backlash som...

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Main Author:	Eva Lippold
Format:	Default Thesis
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Other creative arts and writing not elsewhere classified Playwrights Women writers Eighteenth-century literature Eighteenth-century theatre Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/33407
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