| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 328 pages) : illustrations |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Getting involved : American drama on the eve of World War II -- The drama of the war years -- The dramatic art of Uncle Sam : the government, the drama, and the war -- Airing the war : World War II radio plays -- The aftermath |
| Summary |
In Staging the War, Albert Wertheim brings to light the important role played by drama in many forms during the period between the Depression and the conclusion of WWII. He includes in his purview several works from the pre- and postwar periods. While at the time the subjects of these plays did not seem to be about the war, Wertheim discovered that "reading those dramas in a wartime context ... nuances them in unanticipated ways." In research ranging over more than 150 plays, the author discusses some of the most well-known work, such as the Time of Our Life, Our Town, Watch on the Rhine, and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-317) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war
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Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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War in literature.
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DRAMA -- American.
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War and literature
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American drama
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Theater
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War 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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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003006845 |
| ISBN |
0253110858 |
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9780253110855 |
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1282071629 |
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9781282071629 |
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9786612071621 |
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6612071621 |
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