Southern women playwrights : new essays in literary history and criticism / edited by Robert L. McDonald and Linda Rohrer Paige.
| Other author | McDonald, Robert L., 1964- |
| Other author | Paige, Linda Rohrer, 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xvi, 257 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The current state of scholarship on southern women playwrights / Robert L. McDonald -- "Let the people sing!" : Zora Neale Hurston and the dream of a Negro theater / John Lowe -- These four : Hellman's roots are showing / Theresa R. Mooney -- Carson McCullers, Lillian Smith, and the politics of Broadway / Judith Giblin James -- The delayed entrance of Lily Mae Jenkins : queer identity, gender ambiguity, and southern ambivalence in Carson McCullers's The member of the wedding / Betty E. Mckinnie and Carlos L. Dews -- "Controversy only means disagreement" : Alice Childress' Activist drama / Donna Lisker -- Role-ing on the river : Actors Theatre of Louisville and the southern woman playwright / Elizabeth S. Bell -- Precursor and protgégé : Lillian Hellman and Marsha Norman / Sally Burke -- "Un-ruling" the woman : comedy and the plays of Beth Henley and Rebecca Gilman / Janet L. Gupton -- Pseudonymy and identity politics : exploring "Jane Martin" / J. Ellen Gainor -- Dialectic and the drama of Naomi Wallace / Claudia Barnett -- Amparo Garcia and the eyes of Tejas : Texas community through Mexicana eyes / Carolyn Roark -- Reconfiguring history : migration, memory, and (re)membering in Suzan-Lori Parks's plays / Elizabeth Brown-Guillory -- The memory palace in Paula Vogel's plays / Alan Shepard and Mary Lamb -- Postmodern monologues in Regina Porter's tripping through the Car house / Mary Resing -- Southern women playwrights and the Atlanta hub : home is the place where you go / Linda Rohrer Paige. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001004243 |
| ISBN | 0817310797 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0817310800 (paper : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS261 .S57 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |