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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455537603321

Autore

Fleche Anne

Titolo

Mimetic disillusion [[electronic resource] ] : Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and U.S. dramatic realism / / Anne Fleche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8173-8185-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Disciplina

812/.5209

Soggetti

American drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Realism in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and US. Dramatic Theory, 1935-1947; 2. Long Day's Journey into Night: The Seen and the Unseen; 3. The Iceman Cometh: Buying Time; 4. The Glass Menagerie: Loss and Space; 5. A Streetcar Named Desire: Spatial Violation and Sexual Violence; Afterword; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mimetic Disillusion reevaluates the history of modern U.S. drama, showing that at mid-century it turned in the direction of a poststructuralist ""disillusionment with mimesis"" or mimicry.   This volume focuses on two major writers of the 1930's and 1940's--Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams--one whose writing career was just ending and the other whose career was just beginning. In new readings of their major works from this period, Long Day's Journey into Night, The Iceman Cometh, The Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire, Fleche



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Record Nr.

UNISA996248292003316

Autore

Pfau Ann Elizabeth

Titolo

Miss Yourlovin GIs, gender and domesticity during World War II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Columbia University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-231-50956-1

Edizione

[ACLS Humanities E-Book electronic edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports

Collana

ACLS Humanities E-Book

ACLS Gutenberg-e series

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Women - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Women - Germany

Women and war - United States

Women and the military - United States

Women - United States - Public opinion

Man-woman relationships - United States - History - 20th century

Airmen - United States - Psychology

World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Fighting for home -- The slander campaign -- Fraternization and the uncensored occupation -- Love and the machinery of war -- The legend of Tokyo Rose -- Demonstrations and the desire for domestic tranquility.