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1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : illustrations |
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Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history |
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Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
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| Contents |
Predecessors : Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Brieux, and heredity -- From peas to people : theatre and the American eugenics movement -- Experimental breeding ground : Susan Glaspell, mutation, maternity, and The verge -- Branching out from the family tree : bloodlines and Eugene O'Neill's Strange interlude -- A genealogy of American theatre : Show boat, Angelina Weld Grimké's Rachel, and the black body |
| Summary |
Mendel's Theatre uncovers the rich convergence of scientific theories of heredity, the American eugenics movement, and innovative modern drama from the 1890s to 1930. Obsessions with heredity played out in very different kinds of theatre in the modern period, from fairground exhibits to the plays of prominent European modern dramatists like Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and George Bernard Shaw. The rise of vital American dramatists like Susan Glaspell and Eugene O'Neill took place against this backdrop and alongside the now forgotten but extremely popular eugenics movement in America at the time. Mendel's Theatre tells that story |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Eugenics in literature.
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Heredity in literature.
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Race in literature.
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Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Theatre studies.
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DRAMA -- American.
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Performing Arts.
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American drama
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Eugenics
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Eugenics in literature
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Heredity in literature
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Literature and science
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Race in literature
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Eugenik
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Vererbung Motiv
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Drama
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230621275 |
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0230621279 |
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9780230615854 |
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0230615856 |
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