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Essays on Modern American Drama

Williams, Miller, Albee, and Shepard

edited by Dorothy Parker

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1987
Category
General, Drama, General, Essays
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487577803
    Publish Date
    Dec 1987
    List Price
    $35.95

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Description

The best of modern American drama is represented in the seventeen essays of this collection. They explore the works of four of the most celebrated playwrights of the twentieth century: Tennessee Williams, Arthur miller, Edward Albee, and Sam Shepard.
Among the rich variety of modern American playwrights these four stand above the rest. All four have created works that have received great critical acclaim and produced intense critical controversy. Very different in temperament and style, they bring strikingly different perspectives to their work; and yet all share a fascination with social and family structures, and all demonstrate extraordinary gifts with language.
Each playwright is discussed in four or five essays, each essay in turn deals with one or two aspects of one play. Together these essays, originally published in the journal Modern Drama, provide a penetrating study of recent American theatre through the work of four of its very best dramatists.

About the author

DOROTHY PARKER is Professor of English at Victoria College, University of Toronto.

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