Understanding Neil Simon
By: Susan Koprince.
Series: Understanding contemporary American literature
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Simon, Neil Criticism and interpretation.
Description: "Widely known as Broadway's king of comedy, Neil Simon has written such popular and critical successes as Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lost in Yonkers. In this guide to his work, Susan Koprince provides an overview of Simon's career and in-depth analyses of his major plays.

Koprince suggests that, in addition to - or in spite of - his unmatched commercial success as a writer of comedy, Simon qualifies as a master dramatist of twentieth-century theatre."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding Neil Simon; title: Come blow your horn and Barefoot in the park; title: The odd couple; title: Plaza suite and Last of the red hot lovers; title: The gingerbread lady and The prisoner of Second Avenue; title: The sunshine boys; title: California suite; title: Chapter two; title: The Brighton Beach trilogy; title: Lost in Yonkers; title: Jake's women and Laughter on the 23rd floor.