Looking for sexual freedom in a rigid confines of the marriage plot, 18th century playwrights Susanna Centlivre and Hannah Cowley turned to the masquerade motif.
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Finding Freedom in Masquerade
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Women Battling the Marriage Plot
Although men got the quest plot while women were relegated to the marriage plot in the 18th century, a number of women writers found imaginative ways to circumvent it. Among these were Aphra Behn, Eliza Haywood, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Lover", Aphra Behn, Country Wife, Haywood (Eliza), John Wilmot, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Marriage Plot, Rover, To a Lady in a Letter, William Wycherley Comments closed
