The central subject of American drama is, arguably, the American family. From Royall Tyler's colonial comedy The Contrast (1787) to August Wilson's King Hedley II (2000), relationships between husbands, wives, and their children have been used consistently by American playwrights to explore and illuminate the American experience. This study of the family in twentieth-century American drama explores how filial relationships are affected by the capitalistic culture of consumption that permeates twentieth-century American society. By analyzing relationships within both traditional and nontraditional families, this book examines how family members in American plays perceive themselves and others as things in American twentieth-century capitalistic society.
ISBN: | 9780820463216 |
Publication date: | 24th September 2003 |
Author: | Thaddeus Wakefield |
Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 117 pages |
Series: | Modern American Literature |
Genres: |
Theatre studies Acting techniques Film: styles and genres Literary studies: general Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |