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.
| ISBN: | 9780521563840 |
| Publication date: | 28th January 1997 |
| Author: | Susan Harris Smith |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies |
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.
American Drama features in the following genres: Theatre studies
American Drama is available in Hardback
American Drama was written by Susan Harris Smith and published by Cambridge University Press
American Drama has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama series