LEADER 02588nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910455537603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8185-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000762170 035 $a(EBL)438172 035 $a(OCoLC)609839893 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000363207 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11242821 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363207 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381344 035 $a(PQKB)10576416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438172 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8657 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438172 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10237157 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000762170 100 $a19960517d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMimetic disillusion$b[electronic resource] $eEugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and U.S. dramatic realism /$fAnne Fleche 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (148 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-0838-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aMimetic 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 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRealism in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRealism in literature. 676 $a812/.5209 700 $aFleche$b Anne$01037753 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455537603321 996 $aMimetic disillusion$92458912 997 $aUNINA