Title American playwriting and the anti-political prejudice : twentieth- and twenty-first- century perspectives / by Nelson Pressley

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource Series Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. Contents Introduction: No politics, please, we're American -- "Politics" -- The case of Kushner -- Reception and the anti-political prejudice in America -- State of the nation: U.K. and U.S. -- American shenanigans -- Wendy Wasserstein's Washington -- Erasing the playwright -- Conclusion Summary Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US theatre production and writing. The prejudice contributes to a crisis of political representation that can be seen in close readings of recent works by America's foremost dramatists, including David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Arthur Miller, and Wendy Wasserstein. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism American drama -- 21st century -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 21st century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 21st century Politics in literature. Literary studies: plays & playwrights -- English -- USA. Literary studies: from c 1900 -- English -- USA. DRAMA -- American. American drama Literature and society Politics and literature Politics in literature Literary studies: plays & playwrights -- United States of America, USA -- English -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999. Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 -- United States of America, USA -- English -- 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999. Literature. United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137415189 1137415185 9781349493722 1349493724

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