American drama, 1940 - 1960 a critical history
Setting the stage : America at war and at peace -- Eugene O'Neill : "Faithful realism" with a poet's touch -- Lillian Hellman : The conscience of the culture -- Arthur Miller : Fathers and sons, society and the self -- William Inge : The terms of diminishment -- Other voices of t...
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New York u.a.
Twayne u.a.
c1994
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| Schriftenreihe: | Twayne's critical history of American drama
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Setting the stage : America at war and at peace -- Eugene O'Neill : "Faithful realism" with a poet's touch -- Lillian Hellman : The conscience of the culture -- Arthur Miller : Fathers and sons, society and the self -- William Inge : The terms of diminishment -- Other voices of the'50's : Marching to different drummers -- Tennessee Williams in the 1940's and 1950's : Artist of the fugitive kind -- Tennessee Williams in the 1960's and 1970's : Death and the artist -- Lorraine Hansberry : Exploring dreams, explosive drama -- From the margins : Edward Albee and the avant-garde. Literaturverz. S. 228 - 242 Adler (English, Purdue U.) tells the story of this classic period of American drama largely through its dominant voices: Eugene O'Neill, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, William Inge, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Albee, and Tennessee Williams. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. The 1940s and 1950s indisputably compose the classic period of American drama, witnessing the first productions of The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night, of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, of The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Thomas P. Adler tells the story of these remarkable years largely through its dominant voices: Eugene O'Neill, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, William Inge, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Albee, and Tennessee Williams. One chapter - in Williams's case two - is devoted to each, and through careful analysis of the work of one playwright after another the persistent themes of the period emerge Adler (English, Purdue U.) tells the story of this classic period of American drama largely through its dominant voices: Eugene O'Neill, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, William Inge, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Albee, and Tennessee Williams. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. The 1940s and 1950s indisputably compose the classic period of American drama, witnessing the first productions of The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night, of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, of The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Thomas P. Adler tells the story of these remarkable years largely through its dominant voices: Eugene O'Neill, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, William Inge, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Albee, and Tennessee Williams. One chapter - in Williams's case two - is devoted to each, and through careful analysis of the work of one playwright after another the persistent themes of the period emerge |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-242) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 251 S. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 080578957X 0-8057-8957-X |