Gender and nationalism in women's historical plays, 1920-1940
(2009)
Presentation / Conference
D'Monté, R. (2009, June). Gender and nationalism in women's historical plays, 1920-1940. Paper presented at Echoes of the Past: Women, History & Memory in Fiction and Film, Newcastle University
This paper explores how the interwar plays of female dramatists like Muriel Box, Clemence Dane, G. B. Stern and Dodie Smith, show the existence of a tension between, on the one hand, the damaging effects of the First World War, and on the other, its... Read More about Gender and nationalism in women's historical plays, 1920-1940.