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Drama is the literary genre most readily associated with the early modern period, and was a genre in which early modern women excelled. In the early 1980s, many feminist critics brought these achievements to light. However, little of this work has significantly touched mainstream criticism of early modern drama. Why are women dramatists invariably peripheral to such discussion? This chapter explores the disciplinary implications of challenging such resilient assumptions. It emphasises women as participants in a well-networked community of creatives. It understands women dramatists not only in terms of gender but also region and class, in so doing unmooring the assumption that elite social categories are determining factors. By detailing how women dramatists take energy from writing and culture more generally, this chapter makes a case for an approach which highlights the need for adjustments to scholarship and the early modern canon. |
