An edition of Women Pulitzer playwrights
(2004)
Women Pulitzer playwrights
biographical profiles and analyses of the plays
by Carolyn Casey Craig
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American Women dramatists, Pulitzer prizes, History and criticism, American drama, American Dramatists, Women authors, Women and literature, Biography, History, American drama, history and criticism, American drama, women authors, American drama, history and criticism, 20th century, Dramatists, biography, Women dramatists, Pulitzer PrizesPlaces
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Women Pulitzer playwrights: biographical profiles and analyses of the plays
2004, McFarland & Co.
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0786418818 9780786418817
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Table of Contents
Introduction : "take, for example..." : a brief retrospect on women, theatre, and prizes
Prologue : family ties-a troublesome knot?
The 1920s : those not-so-good old days
Zona Gale and the real village tale
Susan Glaspell : from Iowa village to Greenwich Village
The depression years : gaining despite the losses
Zoe Akins, escape artist
The 1940s : women in a world at war
Mary Chase and her wartime rabbit
The 1950s: an uncomfortable homecoming
Ketti Frings and her stageworthy angel
Being female in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s
Beth Henley's funny-terrible world view
The 1980s : backlash and beyond
Marsha Norman : getting out the truth about family and self
Wendy Wasserstein : Lola's well-rounded daughter
The 1990s : gender crisis at the crossroads (or, wrong turn at the men's movement)
Paula Vogel's winding road to victory
Margaret Edson's advanced course in wit
The early 2000s : "bang, bang-you're American"
Suzan-Lori Parks : putting dirt and deadly games onstage
Also in the winner's circle (the legacy of Black women playwrights)
Epilogue : parting thoughts on family flux and cultural flummery.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index.
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