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Author: Charles S. Watson Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 081318889X Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 393
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Mention southern drama at a cocktail party or in an American literature survey, and you may hear cries for "Stella!" or laments for "gentleman callers." Yet southern drama depends on much more than a menagerie of highly strung spinsters and steel magnolias. Charles Watson explores this field from its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century roots through the southern Literary Renaissance and Tennessee Williams's triumphs to the plays of Horton Foote, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize. Such well known modern figures as Lillian Hellman and DuBose Heyward earn fresh looks, as does Tennessee Williams's changing depiction of the South—from sensitive analysis to outraged indictment—in response to the Civil Rights Movement. Watson links the work of the early Charleston dramatists and of Espy Williams, first modern dramatist of the South, to later twentieth-century drama. Strong heroines in plays of the Confederacy foreshadow the spunk of Tennessee Williams's Amanda Wingfield. Claiming that Beth Henley matches the satirical brilliance of Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor, Watson connects her zany humor to 1840s New Orleans farces. With this work, Watson has at last answered the call for a single-volume, comprehensive history of the South's dramatic literature. With fascinating detail and seasoned perception, he reveals the rich heritage of southern drama.
Author: Charles S. Watson Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 081318889X Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 393
Book Description
Mention southern drama at a cocktail party or in an American literature survey, and you may hear cries for "Stella!" or laments for "gentleman callers." Yet southern drama depends on much more than a menagerie of highly strung spinsters and steel magnolias. Charles Watson explores this field from its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century roots through the southern Literary Renaissance and Tennessee Williams's triumphs to the plays of Horton Foote, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize. Such well known modern figures as Lillian Hellman and DuBose Heyward earn fresh looks, as does Tennessee Williams's changing depiction of the South—from sensitive analysis to outraged indictment—in response to the Civil Rights Movement. Watson links the work of the early Charleston dramatists and of Espy Williams, first modern dramatist of the South, to later twentieth-century drama. Strong heroines in plays of the Confederacy foreshadow the spunk of Tennessee Williams's Amanda Wingfield. Claiming that Beth Henley matches the satirical brilliance of Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor, Watson connects her zany humor to 1840s New Orleans farces. With this work, Watson has at last answered the call for a single-volume, comprehensive history of the South's dramatic literature. With fascinating detail and seasoned perception, he reveals the rich heritage of southern drama.
Author: Luca Botturi Publisher: IGI Global Snippet ISBN: 9781599047294 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 480
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"This book serves as a practical guide for integration of Instructional Design languages and notation systems into the practice of ID by presenting recent languages and notation systems, exploring the connection between use of ID languages and integration of technologies in education, and assessing the benefits and drawbacks of the use of ID languages in specific project settings"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Walter Meserve Publisher: Praeger ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 296
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Here is a fascinating account of the struggle to create a viable American theatre and dramatic tradition in a society that, while eager for culture and entertainment, provided an environment hostile to their development. Meserve begins by describing the potential for dramatic writing that existed in America in 1829 and the obstacles faced by the many talented dramatists who emerged during the period. The author describes the work of playwrights in American popular theatre--their dramatization of current events and social issues and their attempts to adapt popular fiction and foreign plays. Two major categories of playwright are emphasized--the journeyman or actor-playwright and the literary playwright. The author finds that by 1850 virtually all of the outstanding American playwrights were either dead or had withdrawn from the theatrical scene.
Author: Phil Jenkins Publisher: ISBN: 9781988437521 Category : Languages : en Pages : 274
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Winner of the Ottawa Citizen Award for Non-FictionWinner of the Canadian Authors Association Lela Common Award for Non-Fiction"Leave where you are, and come stand by me." So begins Phil Jenkins's narrative tale of an acre of land in Ottawa, an acre on LeBreton Flats, within sight of the Parliament Buildings. Through the lens of this acre, Jenkins explores the story of Ottawa as it goes from the last Ice Age to Indigenous territory, from colonization to becoming the capital city of Canada with a population of a million, from lumber to legislation - a fascinating blend of scholarship, wit and anecdote."All of Canada in a one acre plot." - Globe and Mail"May this book spawn others like it, for what a little gem it is." - Quill & Quire"Original and engaging ... an act of scholarship and imagination." - Maclean's"An Acre of Time is essential reading." - Urbform
Author: James Nelson Barker Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 71
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This work is another adaptation of the famous American story about Pocahontas, her life and love story that has become epic. It was one of the first American operatic melodramas that achieved great success in a time of its staging.
Author: Martica Sawin Publisher: MIT Press (MA) ISBN: 9780262692014 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 466
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Sawin's rich year-by-year narrative documents the cultural transfer that took place when the greater part of the prewar Surrealist group was transplanted to the Western Hemisphere.
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