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1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations |
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What is theatre? |
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What is theatre?
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| Contents |
'I Cannot live without a Macaroon!': Food, Hunger, and the Dangers of Modern American Culture in Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria da Capo and Other Plays -- 'Damn Everything but the Circus!': The Ambiguous Place of Popular Culture in E.E. Cummings' Him -- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Technology and the Suburban Nightmare in the Plays of John Dos Passos |
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Introduction -- "I cannot live without a macaroon!" : food, hunger, and the dangers of modern American culture in Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria da Capo and other plays -- "Damn everything but the circus!" : the ambiguous place of popular culture in E.E. Cummings' Him -- Planes, trains, and automobiles : technology and the suburban nightmare in the plays of John Dos Passos -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The theatrical works of Millay, Cummings, and Dos Passos, which have largely been marginalized in discussions of theater history and literary scholarship, offer a hybrid theater that integrates the popular with the formal, the mainstream with the experimental. Fahy examines the integration of and challenges to popular culture found in their works and offers new readings with an eye to American cultural studies and the impact of mass entertainment on modern life |
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"The theatrical works of Millay, Cummings, and Dos Passos, which have largely been marginalized in discussions of theater history and literary scholarship, offer a hybrid theater that integrates the popular with the formal, the mainstream with the experimental. Fahy examines the integration of and challenges to popular culture found in their works and offers new readings with an eye to American cultural studies and the impact of mass entertainment on modern life"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 -- Dramatic works
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Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 -- Dramatic works
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Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 -- Dramatic works
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Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 fast |
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Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 fast |
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 fast |
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American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Experimental drama, American -- History and criticism
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Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Popular culture in literature.
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Experimental theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Playwriting.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Drama.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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DRAMA -- American.
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American drama
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Criticism and interpretation
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Experimental drama, American
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Experimental theater
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Popular culture
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Popular culture in literature
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230339590 |
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023033959X |
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9781283380980 |
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1283380986 |
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