Women Pulitzer playwrights
Subtitle: biographical profiles and analyses of the plays
By: Carolyn Casey Craig.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: American drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; Women dramatists, American -- Biography.; Pulitzer Prizes.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Explores the lives and work of the eleven women who have won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Draws on personal interviews with the playwrights and research from archives and unpublished material. Examines themes of family life and feminism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : "take, for example..." : a brief retrospect on women, theatre, and prizes; title: Prologue : family ties-a troublesome knot?; title: The 1920s : those not-so-good old days; title: Zona Gale and the real village tale; title: Susan Glaspell : from Iowa village to Greenwich Village; title: The depression years : gaining despite the losses; title: Zoe Akins, escape artist; title: The 1940s : women in a world at war; title: Mary Chase and her wartime rabbit; title: The 1950s: an uncomfortable homecoming; title: Ketti Frings and her stageworthy angel; title: Being female in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s; title: Beth Henley's funny-terrible world view; title: The 1980s : backlash and beyond; title: Marsha Norman : getting out the truth about family and self; title: Wendy Wasserstein : Lola's well-rounded daughter; title: The 1990s : gender crisis at the crossroads (or, wrong turn at the men's movement); title: Paula Vogel's winding road to victory; title: Margaret Edson's advanced course in wit; title: The early 2000s : "bang, bang-you're American"; title: Suzan-Lori Parks : putting dirt and deadly games onstage; title: Also in the winner's circle (the legacy of Black women playwrights); title: Epilogue : parting thoughts on family flux and cultural flummery.