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The Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
9780521576802, 0521576806
LCC
PS338.W6 C36 1999
Open Library ID
OL22128279M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2523838 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Pages
324\324
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

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.

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