| The Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights Contributor(s): Murphy, Brenda (Editor) |
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ISBN: 051199964X ISBN-13: 9780511999642 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 812.009 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume addresses the work of women playwrights throughout the history of the American theater, from the early pioneers to contemporary feminists. Each chapter introduces the reader to the work of one or more playwrights, covering significant writers such as Rachel Crothers, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, Sophie Treadwell, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Megan Terry, Ntozake Shange, Adrienne Kennedy, Wendy Wasserstein, Marsha Norman, Beth Henley and Maria Irene Fornes, in the context of topics such as early comedy and melodrama, feminism and realism, the Harlem Renaissance and feminism. |