Title: Coming home again
First published: 1997
Description: This study focuses on the representation of the family in American drama, in particular, on various uses and conventions of the figure of the prodigal husband or son.

It considers the lineage and function of this figure from the writings of Augustine, medieval iconography, Renaissance prodigal son plays, and temperance melodramas to such contemporary manifestations as television talk shows, the Recovery Movement, and plays by contemporary writers including Spalding Gray, Ntozake Shange, and Cherrie Moraga.
Subjects: American Domestic drama, Brothers in literature, Domestic drama, American, Family in literature, History and criticism, Home in literature, Husbands in literature, Prodigal son (Parable), Return in literature, Sons in literature, Families in literature, American drama, history and criticism, Fathers and sons in literature
LC classification: PS338.F35 P76 1997