Drama for students. Volume 17 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas / David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Carole L. Hamilton.
Series: Gale virtual reference libraryPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 350 p.) : ill., photosISBN:- 9780787692759 (electronic book)
- 0787692751 (electronic book)
- Hanff, Helene
- Webster, John, 1580?-1625?
- Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929
- Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963
- Wilson, August
- Gale, Zona, 1874-1938
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
- Gerstenberg, Alice
- Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955
- Wasserstein, Wendy
- Gilroy, Frank Daniel, 1925-
- Schary, Dore
- Saroyan, William, 1908-
- Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
- Drama -- 20th century
- American drama -- 20th century
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- PN1701
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| E-book | Online Library Online Resources | Gale Virtual Reference Library (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available online |
"ISSN 1094-9232."
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
84, charing cross road / Helene Hanff -- The duchess of Malfi / John Webster -- Electra / Hugo von Hofmannsthal -- Golden boy / Clifford Odets -- Joe Turner's come and gone / August Wilson -- Miss Lulu Bett / Zona Gale -- Orpheus descending / Tennessee Williams -- Overtones / Alice Gerstenberg -- The petrified forest / Robert E. Sherwood -- The sisters Rosensweig / Wendy Wasserstein -- The subject was roses / Frank D. Gilroy -- Sunrise at Campobello / Dore Schary -- The time of your life / William Saroyan.
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
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