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BL
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997004
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b751374
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| Main Entry
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Smith, Susan Harris.
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| Title & Author
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American drama : : the bastard art /\ Susan Harris Smith.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1997.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama
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vi, 248 pages :: illustrations, map, portrait ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521032423
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: 0521563844
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: 9780521032421
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: 9780521563840
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-231) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction: The Problem of American Drama -- 2. Generic Hegemony: The Exclusion of American Drama -- 3. No Corner in Her Own House: What Is American About American Drama? -- 4. Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? American Drama in the University Curriculum -- 5. Caught in the Close Embrace: Sociology and Realism -- 6. Conclusion: Beyond Hegemony and Canonicity.
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| Abstract
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In American Drama: The Bastard Art, Susan Harris Smith looks at the many often conflicting cultural and academic reasons for the neglect and dismissal of American drama as a legitimate literary form. Covering a wide range of topics - theatrical performance, the rise of nationalist feeling, the creation of academic disciplines, and the development of sociology - Smith's study is a contentious and revisionist historical inquiry into the troubled cultural and canonical status of American drama, both as a literary genre and as a mirror of American society.
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American drama-- History and criticism.
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American drama-- History and criticism.
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American drama.
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Culturele invloeden.
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Dramaturgie.
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Toneel.
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| Dewey Classification
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812.009
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| LC Classification
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PS332.S64 1997
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| NLM classification
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17.82bcl
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18.06bcl
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24.06bcl
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7,26ssgn
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