Susan Glaspell's Poetics and Politics of Rebellion

Susan Glaspell's Poetics and Politics of Rebellion
ISBN-10
160938508X
ISBN-13
9781609385088
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
279
Language
English
Published
2017-07
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Author
Emeline Jouve

Description

Analyzing plays from the early Trifles (1916) through Springs Eternal (1943) and the undated, incomplete Wings, author Emeline Jouve illustrates the way that Susan Glaspell's dramas addressed issues of sexism, the impact of World War I on American values, and the relationship between individuals and their communities, among other concerns. Jouve argues that Glaspell turns the playhouse into a courthouse, putting the hypocrisy of American democracy on trial. A must for students of Glaspell and her contemporaries, as well as scholars of American theatre and literature of the first half of the twentieth century.

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