Essays on modern American drama
Subtitle: Williams, Miller, Albee, and Shepard
By: edited by Dorothy Parker.
Contributors: Parker, Dorothy, 1928-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Description: This anthology gathers some of Modern Drama's most distinguished pieces on America's four most important playwrights since Eugene O'Neill: Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, and Sam Shepard. While Parker has chosen these authors "as representative of the main stream of American dramatic tradition," she does not offer a general overview of the plays or playwrights, nor any general orientation to aid the reader. These essays are written by scholars for serious students of American drama. The majority of the essays concentrate on a single play, and while they appeared decades ago, all were major articles in the field. Old but solid, they should still be of interest to students and scholars alike.
Notes: "Bibliographical note": p. [217]-218.
Includes bibliographies.