Theater of Terrence McNally

Peter Wolfe is a curators’ professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The author of more than 20 books, he has also taught in Canada, New Zealand, Taiwan, Russia, Poland and Australia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPrefaceOne. Tradition and TumultTwo. Alchemizing the BrewThree. Confusions of the HeartFour. Cauldrons of DeceitFive. Sore, Spent and SageSix. New York States of MindSeven. The Madness of ArtConclusionBibliographyIndex

“Wolfe’s fine, thorough examination of McNally is woefully overdue...invaluable...Rrcommended”—Choice; “fills a long-standing gap in the scholarship on contemporary American playwrights. Wolfe’s astute analysis and his passionate and generous assessment of McNally’s oeuvre provide a comprehensive platform from which a critical body of work on McNally can be built. The questions and issues that Wolfe raise are ultimately compelling and assist in demonstrating the significance of McNally’s works”—Comparative Drama.