{"product_id":"a-companion-to-twentiethcentury-american-drama-9781405163682","title":"A Companion to TwentiethCentury American Drama","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN DRAMA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to this volume: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas P. Adler, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Annemarie Bean, Deanna M. Toten Beard, Murray Biggs, Stephen J. Bottoms, Mark Evans Bryan, Peter Civetta, Jerry Dickey, Jill Dolan, Harry J. Elam, Jr., Mark Fearnow, Anne Fletcher, Ehren Fordyce, J. Ellen Gainor, Janet V. Haedicke, Ann Haugo, David Krasner, Daphne Lei, Julia Listengarten, Felicia Hardison Londré, Tiffany Ana Lopez, Brenda A. Murphy, Christopher Olsen, Linda Rohrer Paige, Ann Pellegrini, Gene A. Plunka, Steven price, June Schlueter, Mike Sell, Rachel Shteir, Molly Smith. Andrew Sofer, Leslie A. Wade \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available in The Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eStephen Baker Hot Fiction Books\u003c\/i\u003e, 31 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e “This volume includes more than 30 meticulously researched essays, some with illustrations, by the best-known contemporary experts on American drama and theater … Highly recommended. All collections; all levels.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Molly Smith xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: The Changing Perceptions of American Drama 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Krasner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. American Drama, 1900–1915 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Evans Bryan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Ethnic Theatre in America 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Shteir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Susan Glaspell and Sophie Treadwell: Staging Feminism and Modernism, 1915–1941 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Ellen Gainor and Jerry Dickey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. American Experimentalism, American Expressionism, and Early O’Neill 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeanna M. Toten Beard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Many-Faceted Mirror: Drama as Reflection of Uneasy Modernity in the 1920s 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFelicia Hardison Londré\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Playwrights and Plays of the Harlem Renaissance 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnemarie Bean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Reading Across the 1930s 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne Fletcher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Famous Unknowns: The Dramas of Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Bay-Cheng\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Eugene O’Neill: American Drama and American Modernism 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Krasner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Fissures Beneath the Surface: Drama in the 1940s and 1950s 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas P. Adler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Tennessee Williams 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrenda A. Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Expressing and Exploring Faith: Religious Drama in America 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Civetta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The American Jewishness of Arthur Miller 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurray Biggs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Drama of the 1960s 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Olsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Fifteen-Love, Thirty-Love: Edward Albee 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Price\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Drama of the Black Arts Movement 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMike Sell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Sam Shepard and the American Sunset: Enchantment of the Mythic West 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeslie A. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Staging the Binary: Asian American Theatre in the Late Twentieth Century 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaphne Lei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. August Wilson 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry J. Elam, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Native American Drama 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnn Haugo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. John Guare and the Popular Culture Hype of Celebrity Status 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGene A. Plunka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Writing Beyond Borders: A Survey of US Latina\/o Drama 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTiffany Ana Lopez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. ‘‘Off the Porch and into the Scene’’: Southern Women Playwrights Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, Rebecca Gilman, and Jane Martin 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Rohrer Paige\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. David Mamet: America on the American Stage 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet V. Haedicke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. 1970–1990: Disillusionment, Identity, and Discovery 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Fearnow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Maria Irene Fornes: Acts of Translation 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Sofer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. From Eccentricity to Endurance: Jewish Comedy and the Art of Affirmation 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Listengarten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. 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