American dramas consciously rewrite the past as a means of determined criticism and intentional resistance. While modern criticism often sees the act of revisio

American dramas consciously rewrite the past as a means of determined criticism and intentional resistance. While modern criticism often sees the act of revisio

Eugene O'Neill - Clifford Odets - Left-wing theatre - Black drama - Thornton Wilder - Lillian Hellman - Luigi Pirandello - Arthur Miller.

The final volume of Christopher Bigsby's critical account of American drama in the twentieth century.

This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the