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Southern Women Playwrights
. Ed(S): McDonald, Robert L.; Paige, Linda Rohrer
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Description for Southern Women Playwrights
Paperback. This collection addresses the neglected state of scholarship on southern women dramatists by bringing together criticism on some important playwrights of the 20th century, including Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, and Lillian Hellman, as well as less studied writers such as Naomi Wallace. Editor(s): McDonald, Robert L.; Paige, Linda Rohrer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Coeditors Robert McDonald and Linda Rohrer Paige attribute the neglect of southern women playwrights in scholarly criticism to ""deep historical prejudices"" against drama itself and against women artists in general, especially in the South. Their call for critical awareness is answered by the 15 essays they include in Southern Women Playwrights, considerations of the creative work of universally acclaimed playwrights such as Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, and Lillian Hellman (the so-called ""Trinity"") in addition to that of less-studied playwrights, including Zora Neale Hurston, Carson McCullers, Alice Childress, Naomi Wallace, Amparo Garcia, Paula Vogel, and Regina Porter. This collection springs from ... Read more
Coeditors Robert McDonald and Linda Rohrer Paige attribute the neglect of southern women playwrights in scholarly criticism to ""deep historical prejudices"" against drama itself and against women artists in general, especially in the South. Their call for critical awareness is answered by the 15 essays they include in Southern Women Playwrights, considerations of the creative work of universally acclaimed playwrights such as Beth Henley, Marsha Norman, and Lillian Hellman (the so-called ""Trinity"") in addition to that of less-studied playwrights, including Zora Neale Hurston, Carson McCullers, Alice Childress, Naomi Wallace, Amparo Garcia, Paula Vogel, and Regina Porter. This collection springs from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817310806
SKU
V9780817310806
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About . Ed(S): McDonald, Robert L.; Paige, Linda Rohrer
Robert L. McDonald is Associate Professor of English at Virginia Military Institute and editor of The Critical Response to Erskine Caldwell. Linda Rohrer Paige is Associate Professor of English at Georgia Southern University.
Reviews for Southern Women Playwrights
On issues of originality and significance, I am not aware that this collection has a rival in the market-place. - Milly Barranger, author of Southern Playwrights: A Perspective on Women Writers