Joanna Baillie Romantic Dramatist

<p>This superb collection of new essays offers a unique insight into the work of a leading women dramatist of the Romantic era. Contributors offer:<br> *contextual material for those new to Baillie's work<br> *examinations of the relationships between her plays and the philosophical and scientific writing of the era<br> *discussion of Baillie's theatrical methods<br> *extended interpretations of individual plays. <br>Ending years of neglect of Baillie's crucial work, this volume is essential reading for those working on Romanticism, women's writing, or drama of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.</p> Chapter 1 Introduction, Thomas C. Crochunis; Chapter 2 Evolution of a writer, Judith Bailey Slagle; Chapter 3 Joanna Baillie and George Ticknor, Bruce Graver; Chapter 4 Joanna Baillie, Matthew Baillie, and the pathology of the passions, Frederick Burwick; Chapter 5 Unromantic Caledon, Dorothy McMillan; Chapter 6 Joanna Baillie's theatre of cruelty, Victoria Myers; Chapter 7 Joanna Baillie and the re-staging of history and gender, Greg Kucich; Chapter 8 A neural theatre, Alan Richardson; Chapter 9 Staging Baillie, Jeffrey N. Cox; Chapter 10 Joanna Baillie's ambivalent dramaturgy, Thomas C. Crochunis; Chapter 11 “A reasonable woman's desire”, Catherine B. Burroughs; Chapter 12 Baillie's Orra, Julie A. Carlson; Chapter 13 Pedagogy and passions, Marjean D. Purinton; Chapter 14 Joanna Baillie, Ken A. Bugajski;