| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 350 pages) : illustrations, photos |
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Gale eBooks
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"ISSN 1094-9232." |
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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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Hanff, Helene.
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Webster, John, 1580?-1625?
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929.
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Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
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Wilson, August.
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Gale, Zona, 1874-1938.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
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Gerstenberg, Alice.
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Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955.
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Wasserstein, Wendy.
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Gilroy, Frank Daniel, 1925-
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Schary, Dore.
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Saroyan, William, 1908-
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Drama -- 20th century.
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American drama -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 17. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003 9780787660321 |
| ISBN |
9780787692759 (electronic book) |
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0787692751 (electronic book) |
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9780787660321 |
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0787660329 |
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