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پدید آورنده
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رده
PS350 .A23 2005eb
PS350
.
A23
2005eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0313027234
(Number (ISBN
0313332231
(Number (ISBN
9780313027239
(Number (ISBN
9780313332234
Erroneous ISBN
0313332231
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b707056
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Masterpieces of 20th-century American drama /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Susan C.W. Abbotson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Greenwood Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (227 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Greenwood introduces literary masterpieces,
ISSN of Series
1545-6285
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Thornton Wilder, Our town (1938) -- Tennessee Williams, A streetcar named Desire (1947) -- Arthur Miller, Death of a salesman (1949) -- Arthur Miller, The crucible (1953) -- Eugene O'Neill, Long day's journey into night (1956) -- Lorraine Hansberry, A raisin in the sun (1959) -- Edward Albee, Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) -- Sam Shepard, Buried child (1978) -- David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) -- August Wilson, The piano lesson (1987).
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
American playwrights have made enormous contributions to world drama during the last century, and their works are widely read and performed. This reference conveniently introduces 10 of the most important modern American plays read by students. An introductory essay concisely overviews modern American drama, and each of the chapters that follow examines a particular play. Among the plays discussed are Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, and August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Each chapter includes a biography, a plot summary.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Masterpieces of 20th-century American drama.
International Standard Book Number
9780313332234
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American drama-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
American drama.
DRAMA-- American.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
DRA-- 001000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
812/
.
509
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PS350
Book number
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A23
2005eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Abbotson, Susan C. W.,1961-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207221258.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
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Electronic name
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