The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque proposes a correlation between the divided "mind" of America during the Depression and popular stage works of the era, which are interpreted as theatrical reflections of Depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future. The author analyzes the 1930s as an era of the grotesque, in which the irreconcilable were forced into tense and dynamic coexistence.
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The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque
The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque proposes a correlation between the divided "mind" of America during the Depression and popular stage works of the era, which are interpreted as theatrical reflections of Depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future. The author analyzes the 1930s as an era of the grotesque, in which the irreconcilable were forced into tense and dynamic coexistence.
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ISBN-13: | 9780521033626 |
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Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date: | 02/01/2007 |
Series: | Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama , #6 |
Edition description: | Revised ed. |
Pages: | 228 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.55(d) |
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