In the last 50 years, American and World theatre have been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. Contemporary African American Women Playwrights is the first critical volume to explore the contexts and influences of these writers, and their exploration of black history and identity through a wealth of diverse, courageous and visionary dramas.
Poets and Playwrights is a collection of nine essays by the eminent Shakespearean scholar and critic, the late Elmer Edgar Stoll. In this work, which was first published by the University of Minnesota Press in 1930, Professor Stoll presents his maturest consideration of the art of the poets and playwrights of his subtitle -- Shakespeare, Jonson, Spenser, and Milton. The most extensive essay, “Shakespeare and the Moderns,” includes, in Mr. Stoll’s words, “a review of Shakespeare as I conceive him, in order the better to compare him with those who in some respect or other are his peers.”
Product Description: This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field. * Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized playwrights * Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein * Allows readers to make new links between particular plays and playwrights * Examines the movements that framed the century, such as the Harlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the solo performances of the 1980s and 1990s * Situates American drama within larger discussions about American ideas and culture
Notable Playwrights by Carl E. Rollyson
Notable Playwrights contains biographical sketches and critical studies
of 106 of the most important and best-known dramatists from antiquity
to the present day. Essays in this volume are taken from the recently
published Critical Survey of Drama, Revised Edition (2003), which
combined all the earlier Critical Survey of Drama editions and added 79
new essays on individual playwrights. In selecting articles for Notable
Playwrights, the editors have taken special care to include the
dramatists whose plays are most often studied in high school and
undergraduate literature and drama courses. Publication of this set completes Salem Press's
adaptation of all its Critical Survey sets in the Magill's Choice line
of books.
