American female playwright

Author: Mu Fei
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: This book is part of the "Cambridge Literary Guides" series and is a collection of essays dedicated to the study of American female playwrights. It includes articles by 15 prominent contemporary American scholars. The book analyzes the works of American female playwrights from various perspectives—such as culture, history, literary criticism and theory, aesthetics, and ideology—following the chronological order of the history of American theater. It offers in-depth and insightful discussions, ranging from early pioneers to contemporary feminists. The book provides a comprehensive and systematic review of the works of American female playwrights under multiple headings, including "Early Comedy and Melodrama," "Feminism and Realism," "Harlem Renaissance and the New Black Movement," "Feminist Resurgence in the 1970s," and "Feminist Theatre Theory." The book covers renowned female playwrights in the history of American theater, particularly Black female playwrights, such as Rachel Crogher S, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, Sophie Treadwell, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Megan Terry, Ntozake Shange, Adrienne Kennedy, Wendy Wasserstein, Masha Norman, Beth Henley, and Marialrene Fornes. The book also includes a chronology of major events in the history of American theater from 1965 to 1999, detailing the activities, contributions, and performance timelines of female playwrights. This 20-page chronology is highly valuable as a reference.