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Overview"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 a series of associated questions regarding the literary and theatrical heritage of the southern woman playwright, the unique ways in which southern women have approached the conventional modes of comedy and tragedy, and the ways in which the South, its types and stereotypes, its peculiarities, its traditions - both literary and cultural - figure in these women's plays. Especially relevant to these questions are essays on Lillian Hellman, who resisted the label """"southern writer,"""" and Carson McCullers, who never attempted to ignore her southernness. This book begins by recovering little-known or unknown episodes in the history of southern drama and by examining the ways plays assumed importance in the lives of southern women in the early 20th century. It concludes with a look at one of the most vibrant, diverse theatre scenes outside New York today - Atlanta." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert L. McDonald , Linda Rohrer PaigePublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.415kg ISBN: 9780817310806ISBN 10: 0817310800 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 28 February 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsOn 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 Author InformationRobert 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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