This book examines over 125 American, English, Irish and Anglo-Indian plays by 70 dramatists which were published in 14 American general interest periodicals aimed at the middle-class reader and consumer.

Autorentext
SUSAN HARRIS SMITH is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Inhalt
One Nation Divided: Varieties of Dramatic Experience Cultures of Social Distance and Difference Women as American Citizens Cultural Displacement Discontented Citizens