Susan Glaspell : her life and times /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ben-Zvi, Linda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Glaspell, Susan, > 1876-1948.
Glaspell, Susan, > 1876-1948
1900-1999
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Women in the theater > United States > History > 20th century.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes au théâtre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Authors, American
Women and literature
Women in the theater
United States
Authors, American - 20th century - Biography.
Glaspell, Susan.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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