"A dark fairy land"
Subtitle: America in the American social and political drama of the 1930's : a study of plays by Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Lillian Hellman, Sidney Kingsley and Clifford Odets
By: Gholam Reza Sami Gorgan Roodi.
Series: Sussex theses ; S 5753
Publisher: Sussex University
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Anderson, Maxwell, -- 1888-1959.; Rice, Elmer, -- 1892-1967.; Sherwood, Robert E. -- 1896-1955.; Hellman, Lillian, -- 1906-; Kingsley, Sidney, -- 1906-1995.; Odets, Clifford, -- 1906-1963.
Description: TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                                                                  
Titles of Chapters:

I. Introduction                                                                                                                    1

II. The Individualist Rebel: Maxwell Anderson                                                             21                    
    II. A. Both Your Houses (1933)                                                                                  24
    II. B. Valley Forge (1934)                                                                                           32
    II. C. Winterset (1935)                                                                                                 41
    II. D. High Tor (1937)                                                                                                 50
 
III. The Utopian Socialist: Elmer Rice                                                                            59
    III. A. We, the People (1933)                                                                                      62
    III. B. American Landscape (1938)                                                                             83

IV. The End of Rugged Individualism: Robert E. Sherwood                                          93                                                                                                            

V. The Southern Socialist: Lillian Hellman                                                                  109
    V. A. The Children’s Hour (1934)                                                                            111
    V. B. Days to Come (1936)                                                                                       120
    V. C. The Little Foxes (1939)                                                                                    125

VI. Literary Naturalist: Sidney Kingsley                                                                       137                              

VII. The Marxist Rebel: Clifford Odets                                                                        155                                                                                
    VII. A. Waiting for Lefty (1935)                                                                               156
    VII. B. Awake and Sing! (1935)                                                                                168
    VII. C. Paradise Lost (1935)                                                                                      180
    VII. D. Golden Boy (1937)                                                                                        193

VIII. Conclusion                                                                                                            204

Bibliography                                                                                                                  207
Notes: BLDSC DXN0.

Thesis (D.Phil.) 2004.
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