كتاب
The Oxford handbook of American drama
| العنوان: | The Oxford handbook of American drama |
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| المساهمون: | Richards, Jeffrey H., editor., Nathans, Heather S., editor. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| وصف مادي: | xvii, 568 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| سلاسل: | Oxford handbooks Oxford handbooks. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | American drama -- History and criticism., Theater -- United States -- History., American drama., Theater., Théâtre -- États-Unis., Criticism, interpretation, etc., History. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | United States. |
| الوصف: | "The volume opens with an exploration of the trials and tribulations of strolling players in the colonial era, before shifting to a discussion of the ways plays were deployed for political ends during the Revolution, most notably by the patriot Mercy Otis Warren. The narrative extends to the post-Revolutionary period when plays were used as vehicles to promote republican virtue. Contributors also explore the vibrant drama to emerge during the nineteenth century, when blackface performers and stars such as Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, and Edwin Booth dominated the stage. The period also witnessed the arrival of the first piece of musical theater, The Black Crook, which is productively situated in a musical tradition that extends to Rodgers and Hammerstein. The Handbook offers a complex treatment of melodrama - the most popular genre of the century. The volume traces the rise of the country's first black acting company in the 1820s, as well as the growing number of ethnic characters presented on the stage. Several of the contributors also highlight the role of women playwrights such as Anna Cora Mowatt in the development of American drama. At the turn of the twentieth century, the Provincetown Players helped to usher in the era of modern drama, which allowed playwrights such as Eugene O'Neill, Susan Glaspell, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to experiment with the form and attempt topics regarded as taboo at the time. As melodrama gave way to realism, exemplified in the work of O'Neill and Rachel Crothers, other dramatic techniques such as naturalism and expressionism were introduced to the stage. Other topics covered in the Handbook include: the political plays of Arthur Miller; the major freedoms brought to the American stage since the 1960s; the new generation of playwrights, such as Tony Kushner and Harvey Fierstein, who created plays dealing explicitly with topics like AIDS and homosexuality; and the rich genealogy of the African American family play in works by Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, and Suzan-Lori Parks. The volume concludes with the bold performance art of the Living Theatre and the new multiculturalism that arrived on the contemporary stage, with various ethnic communities --Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Asians, and Native Americans-becoming the focus of the action. The Oxford Handbook of American Drama presents a comprehensive introduction to the form in all its guises"--Provided by publisher. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Introduction -- Theatre Companies before the Revolution -- Revolutionary American Drama and Theatre -- Early Republican Drama -- The Politics of Antebellum Melodrama -- Minstrelsy and Uncle Tom -- Representing Ethnic Identity on the Antebellum Stage, 1825-61 -- Antebellum Plays by Women Contexts and Themes -- Reform Drama -- Antebellum Frontier and Urban Plays, 1825-60 -- Late Melodrama -- A New Realism -- American Musical Theatre, 1870-1945 -- The New Woman, the Suffragist, and the Stage -- The Rise of African American Drama, 1822-79 -- The Provincetown Players in American Culture -- Eugene O'Neill -- Naturalism and Expressionism in American Drama -- American Political Drama, 1910-45 -- The Federal Theatre Project -- African American Drama, 1910-45 -- Arthur Miller, A Radical Politics of the Soul -- Tennessee Williams and the Winemiller Inheritance -- Experimental Theatre Beyond Illusion -- Post-World War II African American Theatre -- The Postwar Musical -- Postwar Protest Plays -- Feminist Drama -- Postwar Drama and Technology -- Drama and the New Sexualities -- Political Drama -- Ethnicity and Postwar Drama -- Running Lines Narratives of Twenty-First-Century American Theatre -- Index. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn841199136 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-19-973149-7 0-19-973149-7 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.013957886.2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780199731497 0199731497 |
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