Bibliograph

Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, editor, Volume 16

Type

Label

Drama for students, presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas, David Galens, editor, Volume 16

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drama for students

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

262557793

Responsibility statement

David Galens, editor

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Sub title

presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas

Summary

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary

Table Of Contents

The baptism / Amiri Baraka -- The barber of Seville / Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais -- Beyond the horizon / Eugene O'Neill -- Both your houses / Maxwell Anderson -- Brand / Henrik Ibsen -- Cloud nine / Caryl Churchill -- Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth / Tom Stoppard -- Flyin' West / Pearl Cleage -- Master class / Terrence McNally -- The matchmaker / Thornton Wilder -- The mound builders / Lanford Wilson -- The night Thoreau spent in jail / Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- The secret rapture / David Hare

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