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Women Pulitzer playwrights : biographical profiles and analyses of the plays
- Title
- Women Pulitzer playwrights : biographical profiles and analyses of the plays / Carolyn Casey Craig.
- Author
- Craig, Carolyn Casey, 1947-
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2004.
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- Description
- viii, 339 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : "take, for example..." : a brief retrospect on women, theatre, and prizes -- Prologue : family ties-a troublesome knot? -- The 1920s : those not-so-good old days -- Zona Gale and the real village tale -- Susan Glaspell : from Iowa village to Greenwich Village -- The depression years : gaining despite the losses -- Zoe Akins, escape artist -- The 1940s : women in a world at war -- Mary Chase and her wartime rabbit -- The 1950s: an uncomfortable homecoming -- Ketti Frings and her stageworthy angel -- Being female in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s -- Beth Henley's funny-terrible world view -- The 1980s : backlash and beyond -- Marsha Norman : getting out the truth about family and self -- Wendy Wasserstein : Lola's well-rounded daughter -- The 1990s : gender crisis at the crossroads (or, wrong turn at the men's movement) -- Paula Vogel's winding road to victory -- Margaret Edson's advanced course in wit -- The early 2000s : "bang, bang-you're American" -- Suzan-Lori Parks : putting dirt and deadly games onstage -- Also in the winner's circle (the legacy of Black women playwrights) -- Epilogue : parting thoughts on family flux and cultural flummery.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-1237
- ISBN
- 0786418818 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004020165
- OCLC
- vendor
- Author
- Craig, Carolyn Casey, 1947-
- Title
- Women Pulitzer playwrights : biographical profiles and analyses of the plays / Carolyn Casey Craig.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-1237