Twentieth Century American Dramatists
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Author | : David Krasner |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1405137347 |
This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture
Author | : Christopher Bigsby |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2019-12-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1350127566 |
This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Many of the American playwrights who dominated the 20th century are no longer with us: Edward Albee, Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Neil Simon, August Wilson and Wendy Wasserstein. A new generation, whose careers began in this century, has emerged, and done so when the theatre itself, along with the society with which it engages, was changing. Capturing the cultural shifts of 21st-century America, Staging America explores the lives and works of 8 award-winning playwrights – including Ayad Akhtar, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Young Jean Lee and Quiara Alllegría Hudes – whose backgrounds reflect the social, religious, sexual and national diversity of American society. Each chapter is devoted to a single playwright and provides an overview of their career, a description and critical evaluation of their work, as well as a sense of their reception. Drawing on primary sources, including the playwrights' own commentaries and notes, and contemporary reviews, Christopher Bigsby enters into a dialogue with plays which are as various as the individuals who generated them. An essential read for theatre scholars and students, Staging America is a sharp and landmark study of the contemporary American playwright.
Author | : Susan Belasco |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 4743 |
Release | : 2020-04-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1119653347 |
A comprehensive, chronological overview of American literature in three scholarly and authoritative volumes A Companion to American Literature traces the history and development of American literature from its early origins in Native American oral tradition to 21st century digital literature. This comprehensive three-volume set brings together contributions from a diverse international team of accomplished young scholars and established figures in the field. Contributors explore a broad range of topics in historical, cultural, political, geographic, and technological contexts, engaging the work of both well-known and non-canonical writers of every period. Volume One is an inclusive and geographically expansive examination of early American literature, applying a range of cultural and historical approaches and theoretical models to a dramatically expanded canon of texts. Volume Two covers American literature between 1820 and 1914, focusing on the development of print culture and the literary marketplace, the emergence of various literary movements, and the impact of social and historical events on writers and writings of the period. Spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries, Volume Three studies traditional areas of American literature as well as the literature from previously marginalized groups and contemporary writers often overlooked by scholars. This inclusive and comprehensive study of American literature: Examines the influences of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and disability on American literature Discusses the role of technology in book production and circulation, the rise of literacy, and changing reading practices and literary forms Explores a wide range of writings in multiple genres, including novels, short stories, dramas, and a variety of poetic forms, as well as autobiographies, essays, lectures, diaries, journals, letters, sermons, histories, and graphic narratives. Provides a thematic index that groups chapters by contexts and illustrates their links across different traditional chronological boundaries A Companion to American Literature is a valuable resource for students coming to the subject for the first time or preparing for field examinations, instructors in American literature courses, and scholars with more specialized interests in specific authors, genres, movements, or periods.
Author | : Jeffrey H. Richards |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0199731497 |
This volume explores the history of American drama from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It describes origins of early republican drama and its evolution during the pre-war and post-war periods. It traces the emergence of different types of American drama including protest plays, reform drama, political drama, experimental drama, urban plays, feminist drama and realist plays. This volume also analyzes the works of some of the most notable American playwrights including Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller and those written by women dramatists.
Author | : Kimball King |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2013-04-03 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1136521194 |
This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies.
Author | : Thaddeus Wakefield |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
The central subject of American drama is, arguably, the American family. From Royall Tyler's colonial comedy The Contrast (1787) to August Wilson's King Hedley II (2000), relationships between husbands, wives, and their children have been used consistently by American playwrights to explore and illuminate the American experience. This study of the family in twentieth-century American drama explores how filial relationships are affected by the capitalistic culture of consumption that permeates twentieth-century American society. By analyzing relationships within both traditional and nontraditional families, this book examines how family members in American plays perceive themselves and others as «things» in American twentieth-century capitalistic society.
Author | : Simon Trussler |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 1983-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 134917064X |
A compendium of information on all the main events, individuals, political groupings and issues of the 20th century. It provides a guide to current thinking on important historical topics and personalities within the period, and offers a guide to further reading.
Author | : C. W. E. Bigsby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1984-11-15 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521277174 |
Dr Bigsby analyses the early unpublished plays and the major works of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee.
Author | : C. W. E. Bigsby |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2000-12-21 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521794107 |
New edition of Modern American Drama completes the survey and comes up to 2000.
Author | : Christopher Murray |
Publisher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2000-05-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780815606437 |
This work provides an overview of Irish theatre, read in the light of Ireland's self-definition. Mediating between history and its relations with politics and art, it attempts to do justice to the enabling and mirroring preoccupations of Irish drama.