In this book, Susan Harris Smith looks at the many often conflicting cultural and academic reasons for the neglect and dismissal of American drama as a legitimate literary form. Covering a wide range of topics such as theatrical performance, the rise of nationalist feeling, the creation of academic disciplines, and the development of sociology, Smith's study is a contentious and revisionist historical inquiry into the troubled cultural and canonical status of American drama, both as a literary genre and as a mirror of American society.
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Susan Harris Smith here looks at the many often conflicting cultural and academic reasons for the neglect and dismissal of American drama as a legitimate literary form. Smith's study is a contentious and revisionist historical inquiry into the troubled cultural and canonical status of American drama.
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Drama League, New York, United States, Eugene O'Neill, Dos Passos, Arthur Hobson Quinn, Arthur Miller, Civil War, George Pierce Baker, World War, Brander Matthews, Cambridge History, Eric Bentley, Montrose Moses, The Prince, William Dean Howells, John Howard Lawson, New England, Paul Green, Sam Shepard, The Hairy Ape, Barrett Clark, Bronson Howard, The Dial, Clayton Hamilton New!
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- The First Black Actors on the Great White Way by Susan Curtis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Performing the American Frontier, 1870-1906 (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama) by Roger A. Hall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- on page 51, and page 59
- Performance in America: Contemporary U.S. Culture and the Performing Arts by David Román in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Modernism, Inc.: Body, Memory, Capital (Cultural Front) by Jani Scandura on page 51, and page 59
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