An edition of Mendel's theatre (2009)
Mendel's theatre
heredity, eugenics, and early twentieth-century American drama
By Tamsen Wolff
Publish Date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Language
eng
Pages
278
Description:
Mendel's Theatre uncovers the rich convergence of scientific theories of heredity, the American eugenics movement, and innovative modern drama from the 1890s to 1930. Obsessions with heredity played out in very different kinds of theatre in the modern period, from fairground exhibits to the plays of prominent European modern dramatists like Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and George Bernard Shaw. The rise of vital American dramatists like Susan Glaspell and Eugene O'Neill took place against this backdrop and alongside the now forgotten but extremely popular eugenics movement in America at the time. Mendel's Theatre tells that story.
subjects: History, Literature and science, History and criticism, American drama, Race in literature, Heredity in literature, Eugenics in literature, Eugenics, Vererbung <Motiv>, Drama, Eugenik, American drama, history and criticism, 20th century, American, Theatre studies, Performing Arts
Places: United States
Times: 20th century