Clifford Odets, Playwright-poet
Title | Clifford Odets, Playwright-poet PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Cantor |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780810837324 |
This study takes a different approach to the work of poet-playwright Clifford Odets. Rather than focusing on biographical and political factors surrounding his works, Cantor provides a close reading of 11 of Odets' plays as a whole, grounding his study within an analysis of themes common to each text. While granting emphasis to Odets' poetic style, Cantor gives due notice to Odets' achievements as both mythmaker and voice of the Jewish middle class. Included are reprints of 'Sum and Substance, ' an interview with the writer conducted by the late Herman Harvey, and a 1998 interview by Cantor with actress/director Joanne Woodward, who has directed recent revivals of four of Odets' plays. Cantor also gives an account of other noted productions in order to illuminate the ways in which this visionary's style has influenced contemporary American theatre. Drawing both from previous works and his own research, Cantor presents a quintessential study of a prolific and influential literary artist. It will prove a useful and timely volume for scholars of theatre and American social history alike.
Clifford Odets: the Thirties and After
Title | Clifford Odets: the Thirties and After PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Murray |
Publisher | Burns & Oates |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Nineteen thirties |
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Clifford Odets: the Thirties and After
Title | Clifford Odets: the Thirties and After PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Murray |
Publisher | Burns & Oates |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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Clifford Odets, Playwright-poet
Title | Clifford Odets, Playwright-poet PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Cantor |
Publisher | Rlpg/Galleys |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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This study takes a different approach to the work of poet-playwright Clifford Odets. Rather than focusing on biographical and political factors surrounding his works, Cantor provides a close reading of 11 of Odets' plays as a whole, grounding his study within an analysis of themes common to each text. While granting emphasis to Odets' poetic style, Cantor gives due notice to Odets' achievements as both mythmaker and voice of the Jewish middle class. Included are reprints of 'Sum and Substance, ' an interview with the writer conducted by the late Herman Harvey, and a 1998 interview by Cantor with actress/director Joanne Woodward, who has directed recent revivals of four of Odets' plays. Cantor also gives an account of other noted productions in order to illuminate the ways in which this visionary's style has influenced contemporary American theatre. Drawing both from previous works and his own research, Cantor presents a quintessential study of a prolific and influential literary artist. It will prove a useful and timely volume for scholars of theatre and American social history alike.
Clifford Odets
Title | Clifford Odets PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Brenman-Gibson |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 788 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781557834577 |
(Applause Books). Clifford Odets through his plays, which include "Waiting for Lefty" and "Awake" and "Sing!", was the champion of the oppressed, avenger for the poor. He and his plays, as presented by the influential Group Theatre, were the conscience of America during the Depression. Author Margaret Brenman-Gibson, a respected psychoanalyst and close personal friend, penned what is considered the classic biography of Odets. Based on exhaustive research, including access to his personal papers, plus her own insights into the man and his career, it is at last back in prtin. The book is richly annotated, with a thorough bibliography, personal chronology, a list of Odets' works, published and unpublished, and a section of rare photographs.
The Big Knife
Title | The Big Knife PDF eBook |
Author | Clifford Odets |
Publisher | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN | 9780822201151 |
THE STORY: We witness the last few days of Charlie Castle, a top movie star and an idealist, whose years of compromise with his beliefs for the sake of a Hollywood career have resulted in the slow destruction of his personality. We see his struggle
Clifford Odets and American Political Theatre
Title | Clifford Odets and American Political Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher J. Herr |
Publisher | Praeger |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2003-10-30 |
Genre | Drama |
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This new consideration of Odets and his body of work reads his career - the work and the conditions of its invention - as cultural productions created during a time of political, social, and economic change.