American drama : in dialogue, 1714-present /: in dialogue, 1714-present. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacqueline Foertsch.
• Authors: Foertsch, Jacqueline, 1964-
• Contents: Preface.-SECTION I: UN-AMERICAN ORIGINS (1714-1798).-Transatlantic Touchstone: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal(1777).-Robert Hunter, Androboros(1714).- Royal Tyler, The Contrast(1787).-William Dunlap, André(1798).-Drama in Dialogue:The ContrastandAndré.-SECTION II: THE RISE OF MELODRAMA (1798-1870).-Transatlantic Touchstone: René-Charles de Pixérécourt, Coelina, or the Child of Mystery(1800).-James Nelson Barker, The Indian Princess(1808).-John August Stone, Metamora, or the Last of the Wampanoags(1829).-Drama in Dialogue:The Indian PrincessandMetamora.-William Henry Smith, The Drunkard(1844).-Anna Cora Mowatt, (1845).-Thomas L. Aiken, Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852).-Dion Boucicault, The Octoroon(1859).-Drama in Dialogue:Uncle Tom's CabinandThe Octoroon.-SECTION III: AN EXPLOSION OF ENTERTAINMENTS – AND THE EMERGENCE OF REALISM (1870-1916).-Transatlantic Touchstone: Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House(1879).-Sam T. Jack, Beauty in Dreamland, or The Pearls of the Orient(1889).-James A. Herne, Margaret Fleming(1890).-Eugene Walter, The Easiest Way(1908).-Drama in Dialogue:Margaret FlemingandThe Easiest Way.-SECTION IV: O'NEILL, HIS COHORT, AND THE LEGITIMATE STAGE BETWEEN THE WARS (1916-1945).-Transatlantic Touchstone: Georg Kaiser, From Morn Til Midnight(1912, 1917).-Susan Glaspell, Trifles(1916).-Elmer Rice, The Adding Machine(1923).-Sophie Treadwell, Machinal(1928).-Drama in Dialogue:The Adding MachineandMachinal.-Lillian Hellman, The Children's Hour(1934).-Clifford Odets, Waiting for Lefty(1935).-Thornton Wilder, A Streetcar Named Desire(1947).-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman(1949).-William Inge, Come Back, Little Sheba(1950).-Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun(1959).-Drama in Dialogue:Death of a SalesmanandA Raisin in the Sun.-SECTION VI: ALBEE, OTHERS, AND THE AMERICAN ABSURDIST TRADITION (1959-1980).-Transatlantic Touchstone: Samuel Beckett, Endgame(1957).-Edward Albee, Zoo Story(1959).-Amiri Baraka, Dutchman (1964).-Drama in Dialogue:Zoo StoryandDutchman.-John Guare, House of Blue Leaves(1971).-Maria Irene Fornés, Fefu and her Friends(1977).-Sam Shepard, Buried Child (1978).-Drama in Dialogue:House of Blue Leavesand Buried Child.-SECTION VII: DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE (1980-present).-Transatlantic Touchstone: Athol Fugard, Blood Knot(1961).-David Henry Hwang, FOB(1981).-William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., The Independence of Eddie Rose(1986).-August Wilson, Fences(1987).-Drama in Dialogue:Death of a SalesmanandFences.-David Mamet, Oleanna(1992).-Tony Kushner, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes(1993).-Paula Vogel, How I Learned to Drive(1997).-Suzan Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog(2001).-Drama in Dialogue:Angels in AmericaandTopdog/Underdog.-Nilo Cruz, Anna in the Tropics(2002).-Neil Labute, Fat Pig(2004).-Drama in DialogueOleannaandFat Pig.-John Patrick Shanley, Doubt(2004).-Sarah Ruhl, Dead Man's Cell Phone>(2007).-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton(2015).
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages)
• Subjects: 812.009; Literature; American drama -- History and criticism; American drama; Drama; America-Literatures; Literary Criticism -- American -- General; Literature: history & criticism; USA; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137605290; 1137605294
• Related ISBNs: 9781137605283; 1137605286; 9781137605276; 1137605278
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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