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- catalog abstract "The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque proposes a correlation between the divided "mind" of America during the depression and popular stage works of the era. Theatre works such as Jack Kirkland's comic-horrific adaptation of Tobacco Road, Olsen and Johnson's "scream-lined revue," Hellzapoppin, and successful plays by Robert E. Sherwood, Clare Boothe Luce, and S.N. Behrman are interpreted as theatrical reflections of depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future. The author analyzes the America of the 1930s as an era of the "grotesque," in which the irreconcilable were forced into tense and dynamic coexistence, and by examining these works of theatre as products of particular historical circumstances, argues for a strong connection between cultural history and theatre history.".
- catalog contributor b10155787.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque proposes a correlation between the divided "mind" of America during the depression and popular stage works of the era. Theatre works such as Jack Kirkland's comic-horrific adaptation of Tobacco Road, Olsen and Johnson's "scream-lined revue," Hellzapoppin, and successful plays by Robert E. Sherwood, Clare Boothe Luce, and S.N. Behrman are interpreted as theatrical reflections of depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future. The author analyzes the America of the 1930s as an era of the "grotesque," in which the irreconcilable were forced into tense and dynamic coexistence, and by examining these works of theatre as products of particular historical circumstances, argues for a strong connection between cultural history and theatre history.".
- catalog description "The grotesque and the Great Depression -- The political analogy : or, "tragicomedy" in an in-between age -- Misery burlesqued : the peculiar case of Tobacco road -- Chaos and cruelty in the theatrical space : Horse eats hat, Hellzapoppin, and the pleasure of farce.".
- catalog extent "ix, 214 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521561116 (hbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; [6]".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "812/.5209358 20".
- catalog subject "American drama 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Depressions History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Depressions United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Depressions in literature.".
- catalog subject "Grotesque in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS351 .F44 1997".
- catalog subject "Theater United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The grotesque and the Great Depression -- The political analogy : or, "tragicomedy" in an in-between age -- Misery burlesqued : the peculiar case of Tobacco road -- Chaos and cruelty in the theatrical space : Horse eats hat, Hellzapoppin, and the pleasure of farce.".
- catalog title "The American stage and the Great Depression : a cultural history of the grotesque / Mark Fearnow.".
- catalog type "text".