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This Companion provides an authoritative survey of twentiethcentury Americandrama studies. Comprising over 30 original essays written by some of the bestscholars and critics in the field it emphasizes research and indepthanalysis and is informed by debates drawn from past and present dramaturgicaldiscussions. The volume balances studies of leading dramatists such asTennessee Williams Arthur Miller Eugene ONeill and Gertrude Stein withdiscussion of previously marginalized playwrights. The contributors examine themovements and themes that framed these playwrights work such as the HarlemRenaissance lesbian and gay drama and the solo performances of the 1980s and1990s. They also situate twentiethcentury American drama within largerdiscussions about American ideas and culture allowing readers both to get anoverview and to make new connections between particular plays and playwrights. «
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