| Description |
xiv, 641 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The backgrounds of modern American drama. Early theatres and performers before the Revolution, 1750-1770 -- A permanent theatre and the first American plays, the Revolution to 1799 -- American writers and American themes, 1800 to the Civil War -- Century of the great actor -- Birth pangs of realism, 1865-1900 -- Period of transition: The American stage from 1900 to 1914 -- Those who tried -- Turning point, 1914-1918 -- A chronology of significant events in the American theatre, 1598-1918 -- Suggested topics for further investigation and report -- A select list of American drama from colonial times to 1918 -- A selected bibliography of the American theatre before 1918 -- An anthology of dramatic art since 1918. -- The modern realistic drama -- Little foxes / Lillian Hellman -- The departure from realism -- Camino real / Tennessee Williams -- The mature war play Command decision / William Wister Haines The creation of a folk drama -- Porgy / Dorothy and DuBose Heyward -- The rare qualities of high comedy -- Biography / S.N. Behrman -- Comedy with a purpose -- Male animal / James Thurber and Elliott Nugent -- The comedy of sensibility -- Member of the wedding / Carson McCullers The realm of fantasy -- Harvey / Mary Chase -- Tragedy: most ancient and most neglected -- Desire under the elms / Eugene O'Neill -- Crucible / Arthur Miller. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
American drama -- 20th century.
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American drama. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
American drama -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Miller, Jordan Yale, 1919- American dramatic literature. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1961 (OCoLC)645012370 |
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