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The drama of marriage : gay playwrights--straight unions from Oscar Wilde to the present

Title
The drama of marriage : gay playwrights--straight unions from Oscar Wilde to the present / John M. Clum.
Author
Clum, John M.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

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Description
230 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Uniform Title
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Subject
  • Zielke-Nadkarni, Andrea 1956-
  • Geschichte 1850-2011
  • English drama > Male authors > History and criticism
  • American drama > Male authors > History and criticism
  • Marriage in literature
  • Gay men's writings, American > History and criticism
  • Gay men's writings, English > History and criticism
  • American drama > Male authors
  • Gay men's writings, American
  • Gay men's writings, English
  • Marriage in literature
  • Drama
  • Ehe Motiv
  • Homosexualität
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the drama of marriage -- Edward Carpenter and Oscar Wilde: ideal and real marriage -- Somerset Maugham's inconstant spouses -- Love or marriage: Sir Noel Coward and Sir Terrence Rattigan -- Emlyn Williams: growing into marriage -- Clyde Fitch and George Kelly: spunky American wives and domestic monsters -- 1950s marriages sweet and sour: Tennessee Williams and William Inge -- Edward Albee: marriage as vaudeville -- Gay playwrights, gay husbands, gay history.
ISBN
  • 9780230338401
  • 0230338402
LCCN
2011024734
OCLC
  • ocn738335636
  • 738335636
  • SCSB-14508475
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library