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Author:

Chambers, Jonathan L., 1966-

Title:

Messiah of the new technique : John Howard Lawson, communism, and American theatre, 1923-1937 / Jonathan L. Chambers.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xv, 268 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lawson, John Howard,--1894-1977.
Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.
Communism and literature--United States--History--20th century.
Social problems in literature.
Theater--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index.

Contents:

Writing and righting a revolutionary's life -- The awakening -- Break down the walls of the theatre -- To beat the drums of rebellion -- The thorny path to commitment -- Lost like Hamlet in his inner-conflict -- Epilogue: The rebel now revolutionary.

Series:

Theater in the Americas

ISBN:

080932699X
9780809326990
9780809326990 (cloth : alk. paper)
080932699X (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005032796

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)