A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
Book Details
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN
1405110880
ISBN-13
9781405110884
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Sales Rank
#5,959,357
Category
Literary Criticism
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field.
- Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized playwrights
- Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein
- Allows readers to make new links between particular plays and playwrights
- Examines the movements that framed the century, such as the Harlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the solo performances of the 1980s and 1990s
- Situates American drama within larger discussions about American ideas and culture
