American Drama by Susan Harris Smith
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.Susan Harris Smith is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of American Drama: The Bastard Art and Masks in Modern Drama.
Melanie Dawson is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521563840 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521563844 |
| Title | American Drama |
| Author | Susan Harris Smith |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In American Theatre And Drama |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1997-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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