Offering a new understanding of the 18th-century British writer and feminist, Crafton (English, U. of West Georgia) specifies five "theoretical prisms" in her first chapter, including current
studies pertaining to Romantic theatricality, the "politicization of theater and the theatricalization of politics," masquerade, mimicry, and the "divide between theater and performance
critics." Her study encompasses Wollsoncraft's Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman, ethics and theater, legal discourse, the French Revolution, and Sarah Siddons. Annotation �穢2012 Book News, Inc.,
Portland, OR (booknews.com)
