Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 427 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 427 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
ISBN: 978-0-521-03242-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In this book, Susan Harris Smith looks at the many often conflicting cultural and academic reasons for the neglect and dismissal of American drama as a legitimate literary form. Covering a wide range of topics such as theatrical performance, the rise of nationalist feeling, the creation of academic disciplines, and the development of sociology, Smith's study is a contentious and revisionist historical inquiry into the troubled cultural and canonical status of American drama, both as a literary genre and as a mirror of American society.
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Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: the problem of American drama; 2. Generic hegemony: the exclusion of American drama; 3. No corner in her own house: what is American about American drama?; 4. Did she jump or was she pushed? American drama in the university curriculum; 5. Caught in the close embrace: sociology and realism; 6. Conclusion: beyond hegemony and canonicity; References; Index.
