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The Plays of Beth Henley - A Critical Study (Paperback, New)
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The Plays of Beth Henley - A Critical Study (Paperback, New)
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Elizabeth Becker Henley is a present-day dramatist whose 12
complete plays, three of which have been turned into films, have
achieved worldwide production. At age 29 she produced her first
full-length drama, Crimes of the Heart, which attained Pulitzer
Prize status and garnered three Academy Award nominations as a
film. Her Mississippi upbringing and her penchant for the
eccentricities of southern culture, however, have caused critics to
categorize her writing as a kind of southern gothic folklore
inspired by feminist ideology. This book, the first critical study
of Henley's complete plays, attempts to dispel the common
stereotypes that associate Henley's work with regional drama and
sociological treatises. It argues instead that Henley can best be
perceived as a dramatist who delineates an existential despair
manifested in various forms of what Freud calls the modern
neurosis. The book maintains that Henley's plays must be understood
as universal statements about the angst of modern civilization, and
Henley's characters are assessed in light of Freud's proposition
that cultural restrictions create neurotic individuals. The
Introduction provides a brief account of Henley's childhood and
career. Early chapters summarize the theory of the modern agnoisse
espoused in Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents, while later
chapters relate this theory to thematic and stylistic elements of
Henley's most popular play, Crimes of the Heart, as well as Am I
Blue?, The Wake of Jamie Foster, The Miss Firecracker Contest, The
Debutant Ball, The Lucky Spot, Abundance, Signature, Control
Freaks, Revelers, L-Play, and Impossible Marriage.
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