Beth Henley : a casebook / edited by Julia A. Fesmire.
| Other author | Fesmire, Julia Ann. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2002. |
| Description | xxi, 173 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Casebooks on modern dramatists Casebooks on modern dramatists. ^A503980 |
| Contents | Introduction / Julia A. Fesmire -- "Dancing on the edge of a cliff" : images of the grotesque in the plays of Beth Henley / Miriam M. Chirico -- Lessons from the past : loss and redemption in the early plays of Beth Henley / Larry G. Mapp -- Moving beyond Mississippi : Beth Henley and the anxieties of postsouthernness / Gary Richards -- Lucky spot as immanent critique / Rebecca King -- Abundance or excess? : Beth Henley's postmodern romance of the true West / Karen L. Laughlin -- Existential despair and the modern neurosis : Beth Henley's Crimes of the heart / Gene A. Plunka -- Southern firecrackers and "real bad days" : film adaptations of Beth Henley's Crimes of the heart and the Miss Firecracker contest / Linda Rohrer Paige. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-167) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002007399 |
| ISBN | 0815338783 |