Beth Henley: A Casebook

by Julia A. Fesmire (Editor)

Overview

Beth Henley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play for her first full-length play, Crimes of the Heart , yet there has been no book-length consideration of her body of work until now. This volume includes original essays that contextualize and analyze her works from a variety of perspectives, focusing on her vexed status as a southern writer, her use of the comic grotesque, and her alleged feminist critiques of modern society. Receiving special attention are lesser-known plays which are crucial to understanding Henley's development as a playwright and postmodern thinker.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138870543
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/27/2015
Series:	Casebooks on Modern Dramatists
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julia A. Fesmire is Associate Professor of English at Middle Tennessee University. She focuses on contemporary literature and women's studies

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 “Dancing on the Edge of a Cliff”, Miriam M. Chirico; Chapter 2 Lessons from the Past, Larry G. Mapp; Chapter 3 Moving beyond Mississippi, Gary Richards; Chapter 4 The Lucky Spot as Immanent Critique, Rebecca King; Chapter 5 Abundance or Excess?, Karen L. Laughlin; Chapter 6 Existential Despair and the Modern Neurosis, Gene A. Plunka; Chapter 7 Southern Firecrackers and “Real Bad Days”, Linda Rohrer Paige;