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The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque - Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
Fearnow, Mark (Pennsylvania State University)
The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque - Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
Fearnow, Mark (Pennsylvania State University)
This book proposes a correlation between the divided 'mind' of America during the Depression and popular stage works of the era, which are interpreted as theatrical reflections of Depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future.
228 pages, 4 b/w illus.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | January 28, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780521561112 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 228 |
Dimensions | 162 × 236 × 23 mm · 495 g |
Language | English |
Series Editor | Wilmeth, Don B. |