{"product_id":"9781405120876","title":"American Drama 1945 - 2000 An Introduction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAmerican Drama 1945 - 2000\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Krasner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis concise introduction to American drama gives readers an overview of how American drama developed from the end of the Second World War to the turn of the twenty-first century. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a balanced assessment of the major plays and playwrights of the period.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how these dramatists broke new ground in their contribution to political, economic, social and cultural debates, as well as in their dramaturgical strategies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganized chronologically, with plays, playwrights and movements clustered around different movements such as realism and experimentalism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGives readers a sense of the development of American drama over time.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Krasner\u003c\/b\u003e teaches theatre, drama, and performance at Yale University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eResistance, Parody and Double Consciousness in African American Theatre 1895-1910\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Pageant: African American Theatre, Drama and Performance in the Harlem Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Twentieth-century American Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2004), co-editor of \u003ci\u003eStaging Philosophy: New Approaches to Theatre and Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), and co-editor (with Rebecca Schneider) of the University of Michigan Press’s series Theatre: Theory\/Text\/Performance.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 August 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405120876\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315123155084,"sku":"9781405120876","price":43.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405120876_2c63f5dd-1c21-495e-a8dd-16875dfc9f71.jpg?v=1780159945","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405120876","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}