The History of Southern Drama

Informationen zum Autor Charles S. Watson , professor emeritus of English at the University of Alabama, is the author of Antebellum Charleston Dramatists and From Nationalism to Secessionism: The Changing Fiction of William Gilmore Simms . Klappentext A comprehensive history of southern drama from the colonial period to the present that delineates the rich heritage of dramatic writing in the South. Author Charles Watson explores the field from its 18th- and 19th-century roots through the Southern LIterary Renaissance and Tennessee Williams's triumphs to the plays of 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner Horton Foote. 12 photos. Zusammenfassung Expores southern drama from its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century roots through the southern Literary Renaissance and Tennessee Williams's triumphs to the plays of Horton Foote. Such well known modern figures as Lillian Hellman and DuBose Heyward earn fresh looks, as does Tennessee Williams's changing depiction of the South in response to the Civil Rights Movement.

Product details

• Authors: Charles S Watson, Charles S. Watson
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9780813193076
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-9307-6
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies