The Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights

This volume addresses the work of women playwrights throughout the history of the American theater, from the early pioneers to contemporary feminists. Each chapter introduces the reader to the work of one or more playwrights, covering significant writers such as Rachel Crothers, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, Sophie Treadwell, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Megan Terry, Ntozake Shange, Adrienne Kennedy, Wendy Wasserstein, Marsha Norman, Beth Henley and Maria Irene Fornes, in the context of topics such as early comedy and melodrama, feminism and realism, the Harlem Renaissance and feminism.

Author: Brenda Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/28/1999
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780521576802