Reading the stage: Margaret Cavendish and Commonwealth closet drama.

From: Criticism | Date: June 22, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Margaret Cavendish is categorized by the majority of critics as an anomalous minor writer. The pronouncement is based on the fact that she was a Commonwealth closet dramatist. Closet drama itself, in general, is deemed insignificant because it was not performed in public but read in private. This dichotomy is questionable. A closer look at the form would reveal that it conflates both the public and the private theatrical discourse. It attains this by recreating theatrical experience for the reader through textual details of stage direction which includes scenery, mood and costume, among other ...

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