American drama of the twentieth century
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American drama of the twentieth century
（Longman literature in English series）
Longman, 1992
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- : ppr.
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Bibliography: p. [269]-276
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: ppr. ISBN 9780582016019
Description
In this book Professor Berkowitz studies the diversity of American drama from the stylistic, experimental plays of O'Neill, through verse, tragedy and community theatre, to the theatre of the 1990s. The discussions range through dramatists, plays, genres and themes, with full supporting appendix material. It also examines major dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Sam Shephard, Tennessee Williams and August Wilson and covers not only the Broadway scene but also off Broadway movements and fringe theatres and such subjects as women's and African-American drama.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 1890-1930: The Beginnings
- Chapter 3 1930-1945: Reality and Realism
- Chapter 4 1945-1960: The Zenith of the Broadway Theatre
- Chapter 5 1960-1975: The Post-Broadway Era
- Chapter 6 1975-1990: A National Theatre
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: csd. ISBN 9780582016026
Description
This series provides students with a critical introduction to the major genres in their historical and cultural context. As well as studies on all periods of English and American literature, the series includes books on criticism and literary theory, the intellectual and cultural context, and other literatures in English. In this book Professor Berkowitz studies the diversity of American drama from the stylistic, experimental plays of O'Neill, through verse, tragedy and community theatre, to the theatre of the 1990s. The discussions range through dramatists, plays, genres and themes, with full supporting appendix material. It also examines major dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Sam Shephard, Tennessee Williams and August Wilson and covers not only the Broadway scene but also off Broadway movements and fringe theatres and such subjects as women's and African-American drama. The book is aimed at undergraduate level and at courses covering American drama and literature.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: theatre history
- outline of this volume. Part 2 1890-1930 - the beginnings: antecedents and roots
- Eugene O'Neill - the early naturalistic plays
- other developments in realism 1915-1930
- comedy
- alternatives to realism
- Eugene O'Neill - the experimental plays. Part 3 1930-1945 - reality and realism: drama of the depression - Clifford Coets
- other realists
- plays of the Second World War
- alternatives to realism - Maxwell Anderson
- alternatives to realism - Thornton Wilder
- Eugene O'Neill
- comedy. Part 4 1945-1960 - the zenith of the Broadway Theatre: the era of Williams and Miller
- Arthur Miller
- Tennessee Williams
- William Inge
- other new dramatists of the 1940s and 1950s
- Eugene O'Neill
- other older dramatists
- comedy. Part 5 1960-1975 - the post-Broadway era: psychological and existential plays
- Edward Albee - the off-Broadway plays
- Sam Shepard - the early plays
- Lanford Wilson - the early plays
- political and social plays
- David Rabe
- black dramatists
- Broadway
- Esward Albee - the Broadway plays
- Neil Simon
- Arthur Miller
- Tennessee Williams. Part 6 1975-1990 - a national theatre: new theatres, new plays
- Arthur Miller
- Neil Simon
- Edward Albee and other dramatists of the 1960s
- Lanford Wilson
- Sam Shepard
- David Mamet
- August Wilson
- women dramatists - Waserstein, Hanley, Norman
- minority voices.
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