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American Drama : The Bastard Art (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama)
American Drama The Bastard Art - Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama Author:Susan Harris Smith Susan Harris Smith here 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 ... more »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.« less