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A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama

David Krasner (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1088-4
Hardcover
600 pages
November 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Government Price: US $172.12
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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.

  • Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized playwrights

  • Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein
  • Allows readers to make new links between particular plays and playwrights
  • Examines the movements that framed the century, such as the Harlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the solo performances of the 1980s and 1990s
  • Situates American drama within larger discussions about American ideas and culture
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