| Family, Drama, and American Dreams Contributor(s): Scanlan, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0837198275 ISBN-13: 9780837198279 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1978 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 812.509 |
| LCCN: 77083896 |
| Lexile Measure: 1240 |
| Series: Contributions in American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.03 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: American drama is chiefly a drama of realistic family plays and its conventions revolve around the antagonistic impulses of security and freedom. Scanlan asserts that America's best plays are plays of family life and that they re-enact dilemmas of personal psychology and family structure. |