The Routledge introduction to American drama / Paul Thifault.
"This volume provides an accessible and engaging guide to American drama. Designed to support students in reading, discussing, and writing about commonly assigned American plays, this text offers timely resources to think critically and originally about key moments on the American stage. Combin...
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| Other title: | Introduction to American drama. |
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
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2022.
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| Series: | Routledge introductions to American literature.
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Table of Contents:
- The contrast (1787) by Royall Tyler
- André (1798) by William Dunlap
- The Indian Princess (1808) by James Nelson Barker
- Fashion; or, life in New York (1845) by Anna Cora Mowatt
- The octoroon; or, life in Louisiana (1859) by Dion Boucicault
- Margaret Fleming (1890) by James A. Herne
- Trifles (1916) by Susan Glaspell
- The children's hour (1934) by Lillian Hellman
- Our Town (1938) by Thornton Wilder
- A streetcar named desire (1947) by Tennessee Williams
- Death of a salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller
- Long day's journey into night (1956) by Eugene O'Neill
- A raisin in the sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry
- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) by Edward Albee
- Funnyhouse of a negro (1964) by Adrienne Kennedy
- Fences (1985) by August Wilson
- Angels in America : a gay fantasia on national themes (1993-94) by Tony Kushner
- Sisters Matsumoto (1998) by Philip Kan Gotanda
- Topdog/underdog (2002) by Suzan-Lori Parks
- Water by the spoonful (2012) by Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes
- An octoroon (2014) by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.