Brenda Murphy

American Realism and American Drama, 1880 1940

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The importance of Native American realism is traced through a study of the evolution of dramatic theory from the early 1890s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780521067669
• ISBN-10: 0521067669
• Artikelnr.: 23844045

Autorenporträt

Brenda Murphy is the author of more than twenty books. Recently she has been writing biography, memoir, and biographical fiction. Her latest books include Becoming Carlotta: A Biographical Novel (2018), based on the life of the actress Carlotta Monterey, Eugene O'Neill Remembered (2017, with George Monteiro), a biography in documents, and After the Voyage: An Irish American Story (2016), historical fiction based on the experience of her immigrant family in the Boston area from 1870 until the 1930s. After teaching at universities in New York and Connecticut, Brenda now lives in Maryland where she enjoys writing full time surrounded by deer and horse farms.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The state of the art: the American theatrical scene in the 1880s
2. Realistic dramatic theory
3. The literary realists as playwrights
4. The transition: American realistic drama in the commercial theater, 1890-1915
5. The cutting edge: Eugene O'Neill's realism, 1913-1933
6. Place and personality: innovations in realistic setting and character, 1916-1940
7. The final integration: innovations in realistic thought and structure, 1916-1940
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index.