作為一部美國(guó)戲劇研究的經(jīng)典著作，本書結(jié)合20世紀(jì)后半葉美國(guó)精神文化領(lǐng)域的發(fā)展變化，對(duì)半個(gè)多世紀(jì)以來(lái)的美國(guó)戲劇發(fā)展進(jìn)行了廣泛深入的研究，對(duì)尤金·奧尼爾、田納西·威廉斯、阿瑟·米勒等主要戲劇作家及其作品作了詳細(xì)深刻的分析，對(duì)非主流戲劇和新近涌現(xiàn)的戲劇新星給予了獨(dú)到精辟的評(píng)述。
In this new edition of the widely acclaimed Modern American Drama Christopher Bigsby completes his survey of post-war and contemporary theatre and brings the reader up to 2000.While retaining the key elements of the first edition including surveys of those major figures who have shaped post-war American drama such as Eugene O'Neill Tennessee Williams Arthur Miller Edward Albee David Mamet and Sam Shepard Bigsby also explores the most recent works and performances: these include plays by established dramatists such as Miller's The Ride down Mount Morgan and Albee's Three Tall Women as well as works by relatively newer playwrights Paula Vogel Tony Kushner and Terrence McNally among others. Bigsby also provides a new chapter 'Beyond Broadway' and offers an analysis of how theatre has formed and influenced the millennial culture of America.
CHRISTOPHER BIGSBY is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia and has published more than twenty-five books covering American theatre popular culture and British drama including A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama and Contemporary American Playwrights. He is co-editor with Don Wilmeth of The Cambridge History of American Theatre. He is also an awardwinning novelist and regular radio and television broadcaster.
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