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Author:

Pressley, Nelson, 1961-

Title:

American playwriting and the anti-political prejudice : twentieth- and twenty-first- century perspectives / Nelson Pressley.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

193 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.
American drama--21st century--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.
Politics and literature--United States--History--21st century.
Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.
Literature and society--United States--History--21st century.
Politics in literature.
American drama.
Literature and society.
Politics and literature.
Politics in literature.
United States.
1900 - 2099
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: No politics, please, we're American -- "Politics" -- The case of Kushner -- Reception and the anti-political prejudice in America -- State of the nation: U.K. and U.S. -- American shenanigans -- Wendy Wasserstein's Washington -- Erasing the playwright -- Conclusion.

Series:

Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history

ISBN:

1137437057 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781137437051 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)879329475

LCCN:

2014007241

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)