02189nam 2200553 450 991079101250332120200520144314.00-7618-6401-6(CKB)2550000001334222(EBL)1752864(OCoLC)885022437(SSID)ssj0001377748(PQKBManifestationID)11745787(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001377748(PQKBWorkID)11327488(PQKB)10866917(MiAaPQ)EBC1752864(Au-PeEL)EBL1752864(CaPaEBR)ebr10899140(CaONFJC)MIL630705(EXLCZ)99255000000133422220140808h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTragedy in the contemporary American theatre /Robert J. AndreachLanham, Maryland :University Press of America,2014.©20141 online resource (209 p.)Includes index.0-7618-6400-8 1-306-99454-3 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Isolation and Loss of Life; 2 Loss of Hope and Suffering; 3 Eugene O'Neill; 4 Arthur Miller; 5 Tennessee Williams; 6 More Contemporary Tragedy; Conclusion; Notes; Index<span><span>This book examines plays by contemporary playwrights and compares them alongside the works of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Andreach argues that tragedy is not only present in contemporary American theatre, but issues from an expectation fundamental to American culture: the pressure on characters to create themselves.</span></span>TheaterUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican drama20th centuryHistory and criticismTheaterHistoryAmerican dramaHistory and criticism.792.09730904Andreach Robert J.710614MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791012503321Tragedy in the contemporary American theatre3692171UNINA