Drama for students. Volume 17 presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Title:
Drama for students. Volume 17 presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Author:
Galens, David.
ISBN:
9780787692759
9780787660321
Publication Information:
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003.
Series:
Gale virtual reference library
General Note:
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Contents:
84, charing cross road - Helene Hanff -- The duchess of Malfi - John Webster -- Electra - Hugo von Hofmannsthal -- Golden boy - Clifford Odets -- Joe Turner's come and gone - August Wilson -- Miss Lulu Bett - Zona Gale -- Orpheus descending - Tennessee Williams -- Overtones - Alice Gerstenberg -- The petrified forest - Robert E. Sherwood -- The sisters Rosensweig - Wendy Wasserstein -- The subject was roses - Frank D. Gilroy -- Sunrise at Campobello - Dore Schary -- The time of your life - William Saroyan.
Abstract:
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
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