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Versions of Heroism in Modern American Drama: Redefinitions by Miller, Williams, O’Neill and Anderson

By Julie Adam (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1991
ISBN
978-1-349-21365-8, 978-1-349-21363-4
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-21363-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18941921 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 178\185
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
North American Literature;Twentieth-Century Litera

Description

Taking as its starting-point the 'death of tragedy' debate, and focusing on the supposed disappearance from the stage of the individual tragic hero, the book views selected plays and writings on the theatre by Miller, Williams, Maxwell Anderson and O'Neill as exemplifying four versions of heroism: idealism, martyrdom, self-reflection and survival. Julie Adam shows that these diverse playwrights share a desire to redefine tragic heroism in individualistic liberal terms.

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