Description |
1 online resource (xix, 362 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
Alison's house / Susan Glaspell -- Arden of Faversham / Anonymous -- The au pair man / Hugh Leonard -- Dirty blonde / Claudia Shear -- The exonerated / Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen -- The forc'd marriage / Aphra Behn -- Inadmissible evidence / John Osborne -- Indians / Arthur Kopit -- Indiscretions / Jean Cocteau -- A lesson from Aloes / Athol Fugard -- The prisoner of Second Avenue / Neil Simon -- Take me out / Richard Greenberg -- Two trains running / August Wilson -- Women of Trachis: Trachiniae / Sophocles |
Summary |
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary |
Notes |
"ISSN 1094-9232." |
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Sophocles. Trachiniae. English.
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Forc'd marriage
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Blank, Jessica, 1975- Exonerated
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Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. Indiscretions
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Fugard, Athol. Lesson from Aloes
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Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Alison's house
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Greenberg, Richard, 1958- Take me out
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Jensen, Erik, 1970- Exonerated
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Kopit, Arthur, 1937- Indians
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Leonard, Hugh. Au pair man
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Osborne, John, 1929-1994. Inadmissible evidence
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Shear, Claudia. Dirty blonde
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Simon, Neil. Prisoner of Second Avenue
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Wilson, August. Two trains running
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SUBJECT |
Arden of Feversham. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83234896
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Arden of Feversham. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01357418 |
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Trachiniae (Sophocles) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01358863 |
Subject |
American drama -- 20th century.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Drama -- 20th century.
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American drama.
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Drama -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Drama.
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United States.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Greve, Jennifer
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Milne, Ira Mark.
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Thomson Gale (Firm)
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ISBN |
1414405685 |
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1414410379 |
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9781414405681 |
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9781414410371 |
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