Expressionism and modernism in the American theatre :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
bodies, voices, words /
First Statement of Responsibility
Julia A. Walker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ;
Volume Designation
21
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; 1 Bodies: actors and artistic agency on the nineteenth-century stage; 2 Voices: oratory, expression, and the text/performance split; 3 Words: copyright and the creation of the performance "text"; Part II: Introduction; 4 The "unconscious autobiography" of Eugene O'Neill; 5 Elmer Rice and the cinematic imagination; 6 "I love a parade!": John Howard Lawson's minstrel burlesque of the American Dream; 7 Sophie Treadwell's "pretty hands"; Epilogue: "modern times"; Notes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This study addresses the direct influence on American theatre of new technologies at the turn of the twentieth century. Walker argues that a specific form of drama - expressionism - developed in response to these technologies and to popular fears about them.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Expressionism and modernism in the American theatre.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fürstliches Schauspielhaus, Bad Pyrmont
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American drama-- 20th century-- History and criticism.