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.

"Future scholars will be glad to have this study of a period of American drama that has until now been somewhat neglected. . .Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - CHOICE

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