Beth Henley: A Casebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138870543)

Beth Henley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play for her first full-length play, Crimes of the Heart, yet there has been no book-length consideration of her body of work until now. This volume includes original essays that contextualize and analyze her works from a variety of perspectives, focusing on her vexed status as a southern writer, her use of the comic grotesque, and her alleged feminist critiques of modern society. Receiving special attention are lesser-known plays which are crucial to understanding Henley's development as a playwright and postmodern thinker.

Author: Julia a. Fesmire
ISBN-10: 1138870544
ISBN-13: 9781138870543
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2015
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d