Description |
1 online resource (xix, 359 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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Note |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Agamemnon / Aeschylus -- The bear / Anton Pavlovich Chekhov -- Bye-bye, Brevoort / Eudora Welty -- Crossroads / Carlos Solorzano -- The flies / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Florence / Alice Childress -- Ile / Eugene O'Neill -- Impossible marriage / Beth Henley -- Marty / Paddy Chayefsky -- Novio boy / Gary Soto -- The post office / Rahindranath Tagore -- Sorry, wrong number / Lucille Fletcher -- The trials of Brother Jero / Wole Soyinka -- A walk in the woods / Lee Blessing. |
Summary |
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary. |
Subject |
Aeschylus. Agamemnon. English.
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Medved'. English.
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Bye-bye, Brevoort.
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Solórzano, Carlos. Cruce de vías. English.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Mouches. English.
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Childress, Alice. Florence.
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O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Ile.
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Henley, Beth. Impossible marriage.
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Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981. Marty.
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Soto, Gary. Novio boy.
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Ṭhākura, Rathīndranātha, 1888-1961. Post office.
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Fletcher, Lucille. Sorry, wrong number.
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Soyinka, Wole. Trials of Brother Jero.
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Blessing, Lee. Walk in the woods.
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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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Drama -- 21st century.
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American drama -- 20th century.
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American drama -- 21st century.
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Added Author |
Constantakis, Sara, editor.
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Gale Group.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Drama for students, Volume 26. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2009 9780787681227 |
ISBN |
9781414449388 (electronic book) |
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9780787681227 |
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