Alma J. Bennett

American Women Theatre Critics

Biographies and Selected Writings of Twelve Reviewers, 1753-1919

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Produktbeschreibung

While the history of American theatre has been widely documented, the history of its female reviewers has been routinely overlooked. This book seeks to correct that oversight by exploring the role of the great female American critics, thereby expanding their canonical status. The anthology provides a brief description of the women's lives, their working conditions, samples of their writing, and supporting analyses. For some readers, this will be a first encounter with women who deserve to be represented in the American theatre of their times and recognized for their contributions to the development of dramatic theory and criticism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9780786449798
• ISBN-10: 0786449799
• Artikelnr.: 28179347

Autorenporträt

Alma J. Bennett is retired from the theatre department at Alderson-Broaddus College, where she taught all theatre courses and designed and directed all theatre productions. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Popular Culture Review, ATQ and Journal of Popular Culture. She received her Ph.D from the School of Theatre, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
18th-Century Critics
1. Charlotte Ramsey Lennox [1720-1804]     
2. Judith Sargent Murray [1751-1820]     
19th-Century Critics
3. Kate Field [1838-1896]     
4. Olive Logan [1839-1909]     
5. Mildred Aldrich [1853-1928]     
6. Dorothy Lundt [1855-1908] and Emma V. Sheridan [1864-1936]     
7. Amy Leslie [1855-1939]     
8. Lucy Monroe [1865-1950]     
20th-Century Critics
9. Ada Patterson [1867-1939]     
10. Annie Nathan Meyer [1867-1951]     
11. Dorothy Rothschild Parker [1898-1967]     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index