Revision as Resistance in Twentieth-Century American Drama

2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-46922-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3845 g

Reihe: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

American dramas consciously rewrite the past as a means of determined criticism and intentional resistance. While modern criticism often sees the act of revision as derivative, Malburne-Wade uses Victor Turner's concept of the social drama and the concept of the liminal to argue for a more complicated view of revision.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malburne-Wade, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Confession and Crime, Confession as Crime: Williams' Tituba's Childre n and Miller' s The Crucible 2. Confrontation and Challenge: Baldwin's Blues for Mister Char li e as Response to the Murder of Emmett Till 3. Condemnation as Redress: Herman Melville's Benito Cereno, Richard Wright's Man, God Ain't Like That, and Robert Lowell 's Benito Cereno 4. Celebration of Family as a Means of Difference and Hope: Hansberry' s A Raisin in the Sun and Odets' Awake and Sing! Conclusion: Intentions and Impacts

Über Autor(innen)

Meredith M. Malburne-Wade is Associate Director of National and International Fellowships at Elon University, USA.