Self and space in the theater of Susan Glaspell / Noelia Hernando-Real.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernando-Real, Noelia, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948--Criticism and interpretation.

Glaspell, Susan.

Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948.

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2011]

Summary:

The vice president of the Susan Glaspell Society bemoans that the award-winning playwright/author (1876-1948) is "timidly acknowledged as the mother of modern American drama" as a founder of the innovative Providencetown Players (which moved to New York City from Mass.)--which launched her career and Eugene O'Neill's--rather than as a peer of master playwrights. In critical readings of her plays written from 1915-1943, Hernando-Real (English and North American literature, U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain), examines her themes of women escaping home in the search for a space of their own, invasion of one's space and other geopathology. The book features lines from and scenes from "little theater" productions of plays including Chains of Dew, Suppressed Desires, and The Verge. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Towards Geopathology in Glaspell's Modern Drama 11

2 American Geomythologies Revisited as Part of Dramatic Geopathology 31

3 Geodichotomies in the Configuration of Dramatic Geopathology 59

4 The Burden of the Past in Dramatic Geopathology 91

5 Imagery of Death in Dramatic Geopathology 114

6 Dramatic Principles of DeParture 146.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.

ISBN:

0786463945

9780786463947

OCLC:

732960134