Revision as Resistance in Twentieth-Century American Drama

M. Malburne-Wade (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-46922-9 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.5.2015
Reihe/Serie	American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Reihe/Serie	American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 208 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-46922-6 / 1137469226
ISBN-13	978-1-137-46922-9 / 9781137469229
Zustand	Neuware