A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama

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Description

A COMPANION TO ‘TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN DRAMA

Contributors to this volume:

Thomas 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

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About the Author

David Krasner is an instructor in Theatre Studies, English, and African American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Resistance, Parody, and Double Consciousness in African American Theatre, 1895–1910 and A Beautiful Pageant: African American Theatre, Drama, and Performance in the Harlem Renaissance (2002). He has twice won the Errol Hill Award from the American Society for Theatre Research for the best book or essay on African American theatre history. He has also worked as a professional actor and director.

Features

An original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, compries over 30 new contributions from 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

Series

Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

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