Susan Glaspell's Poetics and Politics of Rebellion
Title | Susan Glaspell's Poetics and Politics of Rebellion PDF eBook |
Author | Emeline Jouve |
Publisher | University of Iowa Press |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2017-07 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 160938508X |
Analyzing plays from the early Trifles (1916) through Springs Eternal (1943) and the undated, incomplete Wings, author Emeline Jouve illustrates the way that Susan Glaspell's dramas addressed issues of sexism, the impact of World War I on American values, and the relationship between individuals and their communities, among other concerns. Jouve argues that Glaspell turns the playhouse into a courthouse, putting the hypocrisy of American democracy on trial. A must for students of Glaspell and her contemporaries, as well as scholars of American theatre and literature of the first half of the twentieth century.
Susan Glaspell's Poetics and Politics of Rebellion
Title | Susan Glaspell's Poetics and Politics of Rebellion PDF eBook |
Author | Emeline Jouve |
Publisher | University of Iowa Press |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2017-07-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1609385098 |
A pioneer of American modern drama and founding member of the Provincetown Players, Susan Glaspell (1876–1948) wrote plays of a kind that Robert Brustein defines as a “drama of revolt,” an expression of the dramatists’ discontent with the prevailing social, political, and artistic order. Her works display her determination to put an end to the alienating norms that, in her eyes and those of her bohemian peers, were stifling American society. This determination both to denounce infringements on individual rights and to reform American life through the theatre shapes the political dimension of her drama of revolt. Analyzing plays from the early Trifles (1916) through Springs Eternal (1943) and the undated, incomplete Wings, author Emeline Jouve illustrates the way that Glaspell’s dramas addressed issues of sexism, the impact of World War I on American values, and the relationship between individuals and their communities, among other concerns. Jouve argues that Glaspell turns the playhouse into a courthouse, putting the hypocrisy of American democracy on trial. In staging rebels fighting for their rights in fictional worlds that reflect her audience’s extradiegetic reality, she explores the strategies available to individuals to free themselves from oppression. Her works envisage a better future for both her fictive insurgents and her spectators, whom she encourages to consider which modes of revolt are appropriate and effective for improving the society they live in. The playwright defines social reform in terms of collaboration, which she views as an alternative to the dominant, alienating social and political structures. Not simply accusing but proposing solutions in her plays, she wrote dramas that enacted a positive revolt. A must for students of Glaspell and her contemporaries, as well as scholars of American theatre and literature of the first half of the twentieth century.
The Theatre of Revolt
Title | The Theatre of Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Brustein |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0929587537 |
First published in 1964 by Little, Brown. First Elephant paperback with a new preface by the author.
Susan Glaspell in Context
Title | Susan Glaspell in Context PDF eBook |
Author | J. Ellen Gainor |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2010-03-25 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0472025546 |
Susan Glaspell in Context not only discusses the dramatic work of this key American author -- perhaps best known for her short story "A Jury of Her Peers" and its dramatic counterpart, Trifles -- but also places it within the theatrical, cultural, political, social, historical, and biographical climates in which Glaspell's dramas were created: the worlds of Greenwich Village and Provincetown bohemia, of the American frontier, and of American modernism. J. Ellen Gainor is Professor of Theatre, Women's Studies, and American Studies, Cornell University. Her other books include Performing America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theater (co-edited with Jeffrey D. Mason) from the University of Michigan Press.
The Sexual Politics of Meat (20th Anniversary Edition)
Title | The Sexual Politics of Meat (20th Anniversary Edition) PDF eBook |
Author | Carol J. Adams |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2010-05-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1441173285 |
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COMPACT Literature
Title | COMPACT Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie G. Kirszner |
Publisher | Wadsworth Publishing |
Pages | 1684 |
Release | 2016-06-24 |
Genre | Academic writing |
ISBN | 9781337284974 |
Learn how to write about literature the convenient, affordable way! COMPACT LITERATURE: READING, REACTING, WRITING,9E helps you succeed in class and make literature a part of your life. Combining a broad selection of literature with time-proven writing instruction, this reader-friendly text walks you step-by-step through the entire research and writing process, helping you learn to craft literary analyses and arguments. Demonstrating that writing about literature is a process of discovery, examination, and debate, the text includes a comprehensive guide to writing about literature with full coverage of critical thinking and argument. Sampler chapters on fiction, poetry, and drama involve you in the variety and diversity of literature through brief, accessible works that showcase representative selections from four popular contemporary literary subgenres. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.
Illuminating the Dark Side: Evil, Women and the Feminine
Title | Illuminating the Dark Side: Evil, Women and the Feminine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2020-09-25 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1848880448 |
Evil. Women. The Feminine. The relationships that bring together these three ideas form the basis for the papers gathered together in this volume. By asking how, why, when, and to what purpose these three terms are often linked serves as the starting point of interrogation for each of the authors here considered.