"American Drama/Critics: Writings and Readings" is a collection of
essays on acknowledged classics of American drama such as "Death of
a Salesman," "The Glass Menagerie," and "Our Town," and on newer
but no less esteemed works like David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross"
and Sam Shepard's "Buried Child." Included are interviews with the
great American drama critics Eric Bentley and Stanley Kauffmann; a
consideration of the practice of American dramaturgy; an analysis
of the adaptation to film of several American dramas; and an
examination of experimental playwriting and production in the
United States, as seen in the work of Gertrude Stein as well as
that of other, lesser-known avant-garde dramatists. This book's
thesis is not only the generally accepted one that American drama
is essentially a representational one and that its avant-garde
experiments are just that--experimental detours that ultimate lead
back to the main highway of realism and naturalism. The thesis of
"Americam Drama/Critics" is also that the decline of American drama
in the late twentieth to early twenty-first century is paralleled
by, and even attributable to, the decline or disappearance of
American dramatic criticism.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2019 |
| First published: |
August 2007 |
| Authors: |
Bert Cardullo
|
| Dimensions: |
212 x 148mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
275 |
| Edition: |
Unabridged edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84718-251-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-84718-251-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781847182517 |
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