Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906-1940
Clifford Odets through his plays, which include “Waiting for Lefty” and “Awake” and “Sing!”, was the champion of the oppressed, avenger for the poor. He and his plays, as presented by the influential Group Theatre, were the conscience of America during the Depression.

Author Margaret Brenman-Gibson, a respected psychoanalyst and close personal friend, penned what is considered the classic biography of Odets. Based on exhaustive research, including access to his personal papers, plus her own insights into the man and his career, it is at last back in prtin.

The book is richly annotated, with a thorough bibliography, personal chronology, a list of Odets' works, published and unpublished, and a section of rare photographs.

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Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906-1940
Clifford Odets through his plays, which include “Waiting for Lefty” and “Awake” and “Sing!”, was the champion of the oppressed, avenger for the poor. He and his plays, as presented by the influential Group Theatre, were the conscience of America during the Depression.

Author Margaret Brenman-Gibson, a respected psychoanalyst and close personal friend, penned what is considered the classic biography of Odets. Based on exhaustive research, including access to his personal papers, plus her own insights into the man and his career, it is at last back in prtin.

The book is richly annotated, with a thorough bibliography, personal chronology, a list of Odets' works, published and unpublished, and a section of rare photographs.

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Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906-1940

Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906-1940

by Margaret Brenman-Gibson
Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906-1940

Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906-1940

by Margaret Brenman-Gibson

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Clifford Odets through his plays, which include “Waiting for Lefty” and “Awake” and “Sing!”, was the champion of the oppressed, avenger for the poor. He and his plays, as presented by the influential Group Theatre, were the conscience of America during the Depression.

Author Margaret Brenman-Gibson, a respected psychoanalyst and close personal friend, penned what is considered the classic biography of Odets. Based on exhaustive research, including access to his personal papers, plus her own insights into the man and his career, it is at last back in prtin.

The book is richly annotated, with a thorough bibliography, personal chronology, a list of Odets' works, published and unpublished, and a section of rare photographs.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781557834577
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Series: Applause Books
Pages: 768
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

Prefacexi
Prologue: The Problem3
Part 1Soilbed and Seed 1890-192315
Part 2Quest for a Place 1923-193165
Part 3From Actor to Writer 1931-1935191
Part 4Survival in Public 1935-1940341
Personal Chronology of Clifford Odets615
Works by Clifford Odets619
Notes and Comment621
Acknowledgments679
Sources and References683
Selected Bibliography709
Index719
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