{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-american-women-playwrights-paperback-9780521576802","title":"The Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights (Paperback) 9780521576802","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNewly commissioned essays explore the work of women playwrights throughout the history of the American theatre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrenda Murphy (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521576802, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 June 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 9 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.1 cm, 0.525 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an excellent collection of fifteen essays presenting complex analyses of the position of women and women's drama throughout American history, frequently offering opportunities for future research.' Theatre Research International\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume addresses the work of women playwrights throughout the history of the American theatre, from the early pioneers to contemporary feminists. Each chapter introduces the reader to the work of one or more playwrights and to a way of thinking about plays. Together they cover significant writers such as Rachel Crothers, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, Sophie Treadwell, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Megan Terry, Ntozake Shange, Adrienne Kennedy, Wendy Wasserstein, Marsha Norman, Beth Henley and Maria Irene Fornes. Playwrights are discussed in the context of topics such as early comedy and melodrama, feminism and realism, the Harlem Renaissance, the feminist resurgence of the 1970s and feminist dramatic theory. A detailed chronology and illustrations enhance the volume, which also includes bibliographical essays on recent criticism and on African-American women playwrights before 1930.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Chronology Stephanie Roach\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Pioneers: 1. Comedies by early American women Amelia Howe Kritzer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Women writing melodrama Sarah J. Blackstone\u003cbr\u003e 3. Realism and feminism in the Progressive era Patricia R. Schroeder\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Inheritors: 4. Susan Glaspell and Modernism Veronica Makowsky\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Expressionist movement: Sophie Treadwell Jerry Dickey\u003cbr\u003e 6. Feminism and the marketplace: the career of Rachel Crothers Brenda Murphy\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Harlem Renaissance and the New Negro movement Judith L. Stephens\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lillian Hellman: feminism, formalism, and politics Thomas P. Adler\u003cbr\u003e 9. From Harlem to Broadway: African-American women playwrights at mid-century Margaret Wilkerson\u003cbr\u003e Part III. New Feminists: 10. Feminist theory and contemporary drama Janet Brown\u003cbr\u003e 11. Feminist theater of the 'Seventies' in the United States Helene Keyssar\u003cbr\u003e 12. Contemporary Playwrights\/traditional forms Laurin Porter\u003cbr\u003e 13. Wendy Wasserstein: a feminist voice from the Seventies to the present Jan Balakian\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Further Reading: 14. Contemporary American women playwrights: a brief survey of key scholarship Christy  Gavin\u003cbr\u003e 15. African-American women playwrights before 1930 Christine R. Gray\u003cbr\u003e Works cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005560181016,"sku":"9780521576802","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521576802i_13b0d788-9bee-45a4-9f54-f70d2d1baaeb.jpg?v=1691369984","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-american-women-playwrights-paperback-9780521576802","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}