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Plays in American periodicals, 1890-1918 / Susan Harris Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Susan Harris.
- Series:
- Palgrave studies in theatre and performance.
- Palgrave studies in theatre and performance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American drama--19th century--History and criticism.
- American drama.
- American drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- Journalism and literature--United States--History.
- Journalism and literature.
- American periodicals--History.
- American periodicals.
- History.
- Literature and society--United States--History.
- Literature and society.
- Politics and literature--United States--History.
- Politics and literature.
- Politics in literature.
- Social problems in literature.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 224 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Summary:
- Between 1890 and 1918, over 125 American, English, Irish and AngloIndian plays by 70 dramatists were published in 14 American general interest periodicals aimed at the middle-class reader and consumer. Ranging from elite publications such as "The Atlantic Monthly" and "Scribner's" to more mid-level venues such as "McClure's" and "Everybody's Magazine" to progressive magazines such as "Arena" and "Forum," the plays dramatized a wide range of American concerns, including anxieties about "race suicide," immigration, "white slavery," the New Woman, class distinctions, global warfare, and the creation of a unique national identity. These plays show Americans to have been "dis/contented" citizens, conflicted by the demands of a dynamically changing nation.
- Contents:
- 1 Varieties of Dramatic Experience 1
- 2 Cultures of Social Distance and Difference 35
- 3 Women as American Citizens 77
- 4 Cultural Displacement 117
- 5 Dis/Contented Citizens 149
- Appendix Plays in Periodicals 191.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403977658
- 9781403977656
- OCLC:
- 79004794
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