Versions of Heroism in Modern American Drama
Versions of Heroism in Modern American Drama

Author: Julie Adam

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1349213632

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Taking as its starting-point the 'death of tragedy' debate, and focusing on the supposed disappearance from the stage of the individual tragic hero, the book views selected plays and writings on the theatre by Miller, Williams, Maxwell Anderson and O'Neill as exemplifying four versions of heroism: idealism, martyrdom, self-reflection and survival. Julie Adam shows that these diverse playwrights share a desire to redefine tragic heroism in individualistic liberal terms.

Intertextuality in American Drama
Intertextuality in American Drama

Author: Drew Eisenhauer

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-12-10

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0786463910

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The new essays in this collection, on such diverse writers as Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller, Maurine Dallas Watkins, Sophie Treadwell, and Washington Irving, fill an important conceptual gap. The essayists offer numerous approaches to intertextuality: the influence of the poetry of romanticism and Shakespeare and of histories and novels, ideological and political discourses on American playwrights, unlikely connections between such writers as Miller and Wilder, the problems of intertexts in translation, the evolution in historical and performance contexts of the same tale, and the relationships among feminism, the drama of the courtroom, and the drama of the stage. Intertextuality has been an under-explored area in studies of dramatic and performance texts. The innovative findings of these scholars testify to the continuing vitality of research in American drama and performance.

Essays on Modern American Drama
Essays on Modern American Drama

Author: Dorothy Parker

Publisher: Sterling/Main Street

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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This anthology gathers some of Modern Drama's most distinguished pieces on America's four most important playwrights since Eugene O'Neill: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, and Sam Shepard. While Parker has chosen these authors "as representative of the main stream of American dramatic tradition," she does not offer a general overview of the plays or playwrights, nor any general orientation to aid the reader. These essays are written by scholars for serious students of American drama. The majority of the essays concentrate on a single play, and while they appeared decades ago, all were major articles in the field. Old but solid, they should still be of interest to students and scholars alike.

The Facts on File Companion to American Drama
The Facts on File Companion to American Drama

Author: Jackson R. Bryer

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 1438129661

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Features a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.

American Realism and American Drama, 1880-1940
American Realism and American Drama, 1880-1940

Author: Brenda Murphy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1987-08-27

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521327114

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The importance of Native American realism is traced through a study of the evolution of dramatic theory from the early 1890s through World War I and the uniquely American innovations in realistic drama between world wars.

Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama
Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama

Author: Susan C. W. Abbotson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2005-09-30

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0313027234

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American playwrights have made enormous contributions to world drama during the last century, and their works are widely read and performed. This reference conveniently introduces 10 of the most important modern American plays read by students. An introductory essay concisely overviews modern American drama, and each of the chapters that follow examines a particular play. Among the plays discussed are Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, and August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Each chapter includes a biography, a plot summary, an analysis of the play's themes, characters, and dramatic art, and a review of its historical background and reception. Chapters list works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams
The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams

Author: Matthew C. Roudané

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-12-11

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 110749382X

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This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading scholars in the field. In this wide-ranging volume, the contributors cover a healthy sampling of Williams's works, from the early apprenticeship years in the 1930s through to his last play before his death in 1983, Something Cloudy, Something Clear. In addition to essays on such major plays as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, among others, the contributors also consider selected minor plays, short stories, poems, and biographical concerns. The Companion also features a chapter on selected key productions as well as a bibliographic essay surveying the major critical statements on Williams.

Edward Albee
Edward Albee

Author: Anita Stenz

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-01-02

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 3110803070

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Reading Stephen Sondheim
Reading Stephen Sondheim

Author: Sandor Goodhart

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-28

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1136525955

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Stephen Sondheim is arguably the most important writer for the American musical stage today, the equivalent in his field of Miller, Albee, O'Neill, and Williams. Yet he has rarely been treated seriously within the academy. Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays is an attempt to remedy that situation. Bringing together scholars and critics from a wide variety of literary and theoretical perspectives, this book undertakes to examine all of Sondheim's major productions and themes.