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Women Pulitzer playwrights : biographical profiles and analyses of the plays
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- Creator
- Carolyn Casey Craig
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2004
- Physical Details
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- viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780786418817, 0786418818
- OCLC
- ocm56371415
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-330) and index.
- Introduction : "take, for example..." : a brief retrospect on women, theatre, and prizes -- Prologue : family ties--a troublesome knot? -- The 1920s : those not-so-good old days -- Zona Gale and the real village tale -- Susan Glaspell : from Iowa village to Greenwich Village -- The depression years : gaining despite the losses -- Zoe Akins, escape artist -- The 1940s : women in a world at war -- Mary Chase and her wartime rabbit -- The 1950s: an uncomfortable homecoming -- Ketti Frings and her stageworthy angel -- Being female in the 1950s, '60s and '70s -- Beth Henley's funny-terrible world view -- The 1980s : backlash and beyond -- Marsha Norman : getting out the truth about family and self -- Wendy Wasserstein : Lola's well-rounded daughter -- The 1990s : gender crisis at the crossroads (or, wrong turn at the men's movement) -- Paula Vogel's winding road to victory -- Margaret Edson's advanced course in wit -- The early 2000s : "bang, bang--you're American" -- Suzan-Lori Parks : putting dirt and deadly games onstage -- "Also in the winner's circle" (the legacy of Black women playwrights) -- Epilogue : parting thoughts on family flux and cultural flummery