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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784149403321

Autore

Smith Susan Harris

Titolo

Plays in American periodicals, 1890-1918 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Harris Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-36310-3

9786611363109

0-230-60502-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Palgrave studies in theatre and performance

Disciplina

812.5209

812/.5209

822.809

Soggetti

American drama - 19th century - History and criticism

American drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Journalism and literature - United States - History

American periodicals - History

Literature and society - United States - History

Politics and literature - United States - History

Politics in literature

Social problems in literature

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Varieties of Dramatic Experience; 2 Cultures of Social Distance and Difference; 3 Women as American Citizens; 4 Cultural Displacement; 5 Dis/Contented Citizens; Appendix: Plays in Periodicals; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines over 125 American, English, Irish and Anglo-Indian plays by 70 dramatists which were published in 14 American general interest periodicals aimed at the middle-class reader and consumer.