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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

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.

American Drama of the Twentieth Century

Author: Gerald M. Berkowitz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780582016019

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In this book Professor Berkowitz studies the diversity of American drama from the stylistic, experimental plays of O'Neill, through verse, tragedy and community theatre, to the theatre of the 1990s. The discussions range through dramatists, plays, genres and themes, with full supporting appendix material. It also examines major dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Sam Shephard, Tennessee Williams and August Wilson and covers not only the Broadway scene but also off Broadway movements and fringe theatres and such subjects as women's and African-American drama.

Twentieth-Century American Dramas

Author: Prentice Hall PTR

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9780130501974

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A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 2, Williams, Miller, Albee

Author: C. W. E. Bigsby

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1984-11-15

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780521277174

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Dr Bigsby analyses the early unpublished plays and the major works of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee.

A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 3, Beyond Broadway

Author: C. W. E. Bigsby

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1985-05-02

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9780521278966

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The final volume of Christopher Bigsby's critical account of American drama in the twentieth century.

Twentieth Century American Drama

Author: Brenda Murphy

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 9780415342704

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Presenting an overview of criticism on the full range of 20th century American drama, this anthology reflects the changing critical perspectives. It covers a variety of themes, from the battles over realism and expressionism at the beginning of the century to the emergence of Freudian and myth criticism, and more.