02554nam 2200541 a 450 991077797860332120200520144314.00-8173-8185-6(CKB)1000000000762170(EBL)438172(OCoLC)609839893(SSID)ssj0000363207(PQKBManifestationID)11242821(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363207(PQKBWorkID)10381344(PQKB)10576416(MdBmJHUP)muse8657(Au-PeEL)EBL438172(CaPaEBR)ebr10237157(MiAaPQ)EBC438172(EXLCZ)99100000000076217019960517d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMimetic disillusion[electronic resource] Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and U.S. dramatic realism /Anne FlecheTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19971 online resource (148 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0838-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.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; IndexMimetic 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, FlecheAmerican drama20th centuryHistory and criticismRealism in literatureAmerican dramaHistory and criticism.Realism in literature.812/.5209Fleche Anne1503895MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777978603321Mimetic disillusion3732596UNINA