Plays in American Periodicals, 1890-1918

by Kenneth A. Loparo

Overview

This book examines over 125 American, English, Irish and Anglo-Indian plays by 70 dramatists which were published in 14 American general interest periodicals aimed at the middle-class reader and consumer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137032966
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	07/24/2012
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

SUSAN HARRIS SMITH is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Table of Contents

One Nation Divided: Varieties of Dramatic Experience Cultures of Social Distance and Difference Women as American Citizens Cultural Displacement Discontented Citizens

Editorial Reviews

"Future scholars will be glad to have this study of a period of American drama that has until now been somewhat neglected. . .Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - CHOICE

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