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Susan Glaspell : her life and times /

"Venturesome feminist," historian Nancy Cott's term, perfectly describes playwright and novelist Susan Glaspell (1876-1948), who explored uncharted regions and opened up new areas for women who followed. Born in Davenport, Iowa, just as America entered its second century, Glaspell too...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ben-Zvi, Linda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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  • Introduction: Blackhawk's Land; Part I: Midwest Beginnings, 1876-1907; 1. A Town Springs Up; 2. Families in Fact and Fiction; 3. Society Girls; 4. Delphic Days; 5. The Genesis of Trifles; 6. Chicago; Part II. Susan and Jig, 1907-13; 7. A Greek Out of Time; 8. The Monist Society; 9. Letters to Mollie; 10. Travel at Home and Abroad; 11. "Though Stone Be Broken, "; 12. Staging Area for the Future; Interlude 1. Greenwich Village, 1913: The Joyous Season; Part III. The Provincetown Players; 13. A Home by the Sea; 14. War and Peace; 15. A Theatre on a Wharf.
  • 16. Summer 1916, Two Playwrights17. A New Kind of Theatre; 18. Fire from Heaven on MacDougal Street; 19. "Here Pegasus Was Hitched, "; 20. Inheritors; 21. The Verge and Beyond; 22. The End of the Dream; Interlude 2. Delphi, 1922-24: The Road to the Temple; Part IV. Going On, 1924-48; 23. Picking Up the Pieces; 24. Novel Times; 25. Alison's House; 26. Break Up; 27. The Federal Theatre Project; 28. A Different War; 29. Completing the Circle; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; A photo gallery.