Susan Glaspell's 'Trifles' is as relevant today as when it was first performed. It is a masterpiece of brevity, full of tension, and an incisive yet subtle attack on patriarchal society: an early feminist masterpiece.
This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, http: //www.uni-jena.de/, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Susan Glaspell's (1876-1948) literary career increased in ...
This collection of fresh essays celebrates the centennial of Trifles and "A Jury of Her Peers," with departures from established Glaspell scholarship.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, http://www.uni-jena.de/, language: English, abstract: Susan Glaspell’s (1876-1948) literary career increased in significance when she and her ...
Both texts are early feminist masterpieces, and with this edition readers can read both versions of this classic story which challenges male prejudice.
Literary Contexts in Plays: Susan Glaspell's 'Trifles'.
Along the way, she turns to literature that illuminates how her inheritance shaped her notions of identity and purpose. The Sum of Trifles offers up dark humor and raw feeling, mixed with an erudite streak.
She was one of the first playwrights. Though long neglected, the four works compiled in this key edition reveal the profound modernity of her concerns.
These 39 tales will delight the reader. Chesterton said that these stories just came to him like sitting still and letting them light on him like flies. Some of these tales are just for fun while other are filled with good common sense.
This volume contains four plays by Susan Glaspell. 1. Her one-act play Trifles (1916) which is frequently cited as one of the greatest works of American theatre.2.