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The American Stage and the Great Depression
A Cultural History of the Grotesque
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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This book proposes a correlation between the divided 'mind' of America during the Depression and popular stage works of the era. Theatre works such as Jack Kirkland's comic-horrific adaptation of Tobacco Road, Olsen and Johnson's 'scream-lined revue', Hellzapoppin, and successful plays by Robert E. Sherwood, Clare Boothe Luce and S. N. Behrman are interpreted as theatrical reflections of Depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future. The author analyses America of the 1930s as an era of the 'grotesque', in which the irreconcilable were forced into tense and dynamic coexistence, and by examining these works of theatre as products of particular historical circumstances, argues for a strong connection between cultural history and theatre history.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2007-02-01
- Mått152 x 228 x 14 mm
- Vikt350 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
- Antal sidor228
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9780521033626
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