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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankThisvolumeaddressestheworkofwomenplaywrightsthroughoutthehistoryoftheAmericantheatre,fromtheearlypioneerstocontemporaryfeminists.Womenplaywrightsandtheirworkareviewedthroughanumberoflenses:culturalandhistorical,criticalandtheor
2、etical,aestheticandideological.Thebookiswrittenforundergraduatestudentsofdrama,theatre,andwomen'sstudies.Eachchapterintroducesthereadertotheworkofoneormoreplaywrightsandtoawayofthinkingaboutplays.Togethertheycoversigni®cantwriterssuchasRachelCrothers,SusanG
3、laspell,LillianHellman,SophieTreadwell,LorraineHansberry,AliceChildress,MeganTerry,NtozakeShange,AdrienneKennedy,WendyWasserstein,MarshaNorman,BethHenley,andMariaIreneFornes.Playwrightsarediscussedinthecontextoftopicssuchasearlycomedyandmelodrama,feminisman
4、drealism,theHarlemRenaissance,thefeministresurgenceofthe1970s,andfeministdramatictheory.Adetailedchronologyandillustrationsenhancethevolume,whichalsoincludesbibliographicalessaysonrecentcriticismandonAfricanAmericanwomenplaywrightsbefore1930.BrendaMurphyisP
5、rofessorofEnglishattheUniversityofConnecticut.HerbooksincludeAmericanRealismandAmericanDrama,1880±1940(1987),TennesseeWilliamsandEliaKazan:ACollaborationintheTheatre(1992),andastudyofArthurMiller'sDeathofaSalesmanforthePlaysinPerformanceseries(1995).CAMBRID
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