American Drama offers a comprehensive introduction for students who require detailed but clear information on the dramatists included. It has much to offer the academic and serious reader and addresses the common concern that the unfamiliar names and forgotten voices of those who made a major contribution to the history of American drama have been unfairly neglected. A range of approaches and a wide selection of plays discussed make this volume a landmark in our appreciation and understanding of some of this century's greatest writers.
American Drama offers a comprehensive introduction for students who require detailed but clear information on the dramatists included. It has much to offer the academic and serious reader and addresses the common concern that the unfamiliar names and forgotten voices of those who made a major contribution to the history of American drama have been unfairly neglected. A range of approaches and a wide selection of plays discussed make this volume a landmark in our appreciation and understanding of some of this century's greatest writers.
Clive Bloom is Emeritus Professor of English and American Studies at Middlesex University, UK. Widely published and Series Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Crime Files series, he is the author of Violent London and Riot City, amongst many other titles.
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Preface and Acknowledgements - Introduction; C.Bloom - Susan Glaspell; B.Ozieblo - Eugene O'Neill; E.Mottram - Clifford Odets; M.Woolf - Tennessee Williams; M.Lilly - Arthur Miller; C.Banfield - Imamu Amiri Baraka; A.R.Lee - Neil Simon; M.Woolf - Sam Shepard; M.J.Hayes - Marsha Norman; D.Grantley - David Mamet; E.J.Esche - Contemporary Feminist Theatre; C.Canning - Index