Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843

by John C. Franceschina (Editor)

Overview

The plays collected in Sisters of Gore span the development of Gothic melodrama from the 1790s to the 1840s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815317814
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/1996
Series:	Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Series , #1862
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	476
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Franceschina is a composer and Associate professor of Drama at Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

Preface, John Franceschina; Introduction, John Franceschina; Chapter 1 The Ward of the Castle, Burke Miss; Chapter 2 The Mysterious Marriage; or, The Heirship of Roselva, Harriet Lee; Chapter 3 The Old Oak Chest or, The Smuggler’s Sons and the Robber’s Daughter, Jane Scott; Chapter 4 Raymond de Percy; or, The Tenant of the Tomb, Margaret Harvey; Chapter 5 St. Clair of the Isles; or, The Outlaw of Barra, Elizabeth Polack; Chapter 6 The Bond, Catherine Gore; Chapter 7 Dacre of the South; or, The Olden Time, Catherine Gore The Old Oak Chest or, The Smuggler’s Son & Robber’s Daughter: A Melo Drama, John Franceschinaapp3 Glossary, John Franceschina;

Editorial Reviews

A collection of seven stage plays, plus a two-act play, by 19th- century women playwrights, of interest to theater students and enthusiasts as well as those in women's studies. The plays feature spirited heroines and villainnesses. Includes a glossary and a list of plays by many women of the era. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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