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Throughout the book, the key issues of gender and war are examined in order to demonstrate that women’s war drama developed exponentially in this period. It is argued that women playwrights gave a unique insight into the gender issues raised by war and that it is imperative that their dramatic output be given greater academic and critical attention. In the following chapters, it will be illustrated that, as Higonnet and Higonnet recommend, we have to broaden our perspectives in order to appreciate the full spectrum of war literature:
We must move beyond the exceptional, marked event, which takes place on a specifically militarized front or in public and institutionally defined arenas, to include the private domain and the landscape of the mind.39