{"product_id":"realism-and-the-american-dramatic-william-w-demastes-9780817308377","title":"Realism and the American Dramatic Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book reconsiders realism on the American stage by addressing the great variety and richness of the plays that form the American theatre canon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAny review of 20th-century American theatre invariably leads to the term realism. Yet despite the strong tradition of theatrical realism on the American stage, the term is frequently misidentified, and the practices to which it refers are often attacked as monolithically tyrannical, restricting the potential of the American national theatre.This book reconsiders realism on the American stage by addressing the great variety and richness of the plays that form the American theatre canon. By reconsidering the form and revisiting many of the plays that contributed to the realist tradition, the authors provide the opportunity to apprise strengths often overlooked by previous critics. The volume traces the development of American dramatic realism from James A. Herne, the \"American Ibsen,\" to currently active contemporaries such as Sam Shepard, David Mamet, and Marsha Norman. This frank assessment, in sixteen original essays, reopens a critical dialog too long closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssays include\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Dramatic Realisms, Viable Frames of Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Struggle for the Real--Interpretive Conflict, Dramatic Method, and the Paradox of Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Legacy of James A. Herne: American Realities and Realisms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhose Realism? Rachel Crothers's Power Struggle in the American Theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Provincetown Players' Experiments with Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServant of Three Masters: Realism, Idealism, and \"Hokum\" in American High Comedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William W. Demastes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817308377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817308377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.20w x 0.83d","brand":"William W. Demastes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086954606847,"sku":"9780817308377","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8ebc319-036e-40c4-9dd5-b709dc17b179.jpg?v=1769097458","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/realism-and-the-american-dramatic-william-w-demastes-9780817308377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}