Author: John Louis StyanPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Book Description
Author: J. L. Styan
Author: John Louis Styan
Author: J. L. Styan
Author: J. L. Styan
Author: J. L. StyanThe Oxford Handbook of American Drama
Author: Jeffrey H. RichardsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199731497
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
This volume explores the history of American drama from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It describes origins of early republican drama and its evolution during the pre-war and post-war periods. It traces the emergence of different types of American drama including protest plays, reform drama, political drama, experimental drama, urban plays, feminist drama and realist plays. This volume also analyzes the works of some of the most notable American playwrights including Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller and those written by women dramatists.
Author: Susan H. Smith
Author: Nicholas GreneModern Drama
Author: Kirsten Shepherd-BarrPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199658773
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama 'modern'.
