American Drama
The Bastard Art| By: | Susan Harris Smith |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780521032421 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780511822278 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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In this book, Susan Harris Smith looks at the many often conflicting cultural and academic reasons for the neglect and dismissal of American drama as a legitimate literary form. Covering a wide range of topics such as theatrical performance, the rise of nationalist feeling, the creation of academic disciplines, and the development of sociology, Smith's study is a contentious and revisionist historical inquiry into the troubled cultural and canonical status of American drama, both as a literary genre and as a mirror of American society.