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04029aam a2200517 i 4500 001 10AF1420621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 170109s2017 iau b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2016041565 020 $a 160938508X 020 $a 9781609385088 035 $a (OCoLC)960712880 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3513.L35 $b Z695 2017 082 00 $a 813/.52 $2 23 084 $a PER011020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Jouve, Emeline, $d 1982- $e author. 245 10 $a Susan Glaspell's poetics and politics of rebellion / $c Emeline Jouve. 264 1 $a Iowa City : $b University of Iowa Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiii, 258 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in theatre history and culture 520 $a "A pioneer of American modern drama and founding member of the Provincetown Players, Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) wrote plays of a kind that Robert Brustein defines as a "drama of revolt," an expression of the dramatists' discontent with the prevailing social, political, and artistic order. Her works display her determination to put an end to the alienating norms that, in her eyes and those of her bohemian peers, were stifling American society. This determination both to denounce infringements on individual rights and to reform American life through the theatre shapes the political dimension of her drama of revolt. Analyzing plays from the early Trifles (1916) through Springs Eternal (1943) and the undated, incomplete Wings, author Emeline Jouve illustrates the way that Glaspell's dramas addressed issues of sexism, the impact of World War I on American values, and the relationship between individuals and their communities, among other concerns. Jouve argues that Glaspell turns the playhouse into a courthouse, putting the hypocrisy of American democracy on trial. In staging rebels fighting for their rights in fictional worlds that reflect her audience's extradiegetic reality, she explores the strategies available to individuals to free themselves from oppression. Her works envisage a better future for both her fictive insurgents and her spectators, whom she encourages to consider which modes of revolt are appropriate and effective for improving the society they live in. The playwright defines social reform in terms of collaboration, which she views as an alternative to the dominant, alienating social and political structures. Not simply accusing but proposing solutions in her plays, she wrote dramas that enacted a positive revolt. A must for students of Glaspell and her contemporaries, as well as scholars of American theatre and literature of the first half of the twentieth century"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Glaspell, Susan, $d 1876-1948 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Glaspell, Susan, $d 1876-1948 $x Political and social views. 600 17 $a Glaspell, Susan, $d 1876-1948. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00080896 650 0 $a Literature and society $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Theater and society $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS $x History & Criticism. $x History & Criticism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Literature and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000096 650 7 $a Political and social views. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 650 7 $a Theater and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01149315 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Studies in theatre history and culture. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180710083344.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20171229010507.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802031147.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=10AF1420621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search