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The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights
Martin Middeke
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Description for The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights
Paperback. This is an authoritative single-volume guide to the work of twenty-five American playwrights from the 1960s to the present written by a team of twenty-five eminent scholars from the USA, Canada, Britain, Germany and Ireland. It is the perfect companion for students of American literature and drama. Editor(s): Schnierer, Peter Paul; Innes, Christopher. Series: Plays and Playwrights. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 536.
Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides: · a biographical introduction to the playwright’s work; · ... Read more
Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides: · a biographical introduction to the playwright’s work; · ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Plays and Playwrights
Condition
New
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408134795
SKU
V9781408134795
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About Martin Middeke
Martin Middeke is Professor and Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Peter Paul Schnierer is Professor and Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Christopher Innes is a Professor of English at York University, Canada, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Performance and Culture. Matthew Roudané is Professor and Chair of ... Read more
Reviews for The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights
An extensive survey of twenty-five prominent American playwrights whose careers span the last fifty years ... Readers might employ this guide as an introduction to a playwright’s career and oeuvre, as supplemental reading to one of the playwright’s plays, or as a starting point for further research…. This guide provides useful and productive analysis of the playwrights.
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