Susan Glaspell

The Complete Plays

Susan Glaspell (Autor)

Linda Ben-Zvi, J. Ellen Gainor (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

425 Seiten

2010
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3432-9 (ISBN)

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The first complete collection of the works of American playwright Susan Glaspell, this book includes all of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s works

The first complete collection of the works of American playwright Susan Glaspell, this book includes all of the Pulitzer Prize winner's works: Suppressed Desires, Trifles, The People, The Outside, Woman's Honor, Close the Book, Tickless Time, and Free Laughter (these eight are all one acts) and the full length plays Bernice, Inheritors, The Verge, Alison's House, The Comic Artist, Chains of Dew, and Springs Eternal, the last two of which are published here for the first time. Each play includes an introductory essay along with extended biographical and critical essays. Two appendices give details on both the first runs and select recent productions of the plays.

The late Susan Glaspell (1876–1948) was a leading modern American woman playwright. Linda Ben-Zvi is professor emerita at Tel Aviv University and Colorado State University in theatre and English. J. Ellen Gainor is professor of theatre and associate dean of the Graduate School at Cornell University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Editorial Note      viii

A Brief Biography

A Critical Introduction

Suppressed Desires

Trifles

Close the Book

The People

The Outside

Woman’s Honor

Tickless Time

Bernice

Free Laughter

Chains of Dew

Inheritors

The Verge

The Comic Artist

Alison’s House

Springs Eternal

Appendix A: First Productions of the Plays

Appendix B: Select Recent Professional Productions

Select Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2010
Zusatzinfo	appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	717 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-3432-5 / 0786434325
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-3432-9 / 9780786434329
Zustand	Neuware