American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice

Description:

Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US theatre production and writing. The prejudice contributes to a crisis of political representation that can be seen in close readings of recent works by America's foremost dramatists, including David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Arthur Miller, and Wendy Wasserstein. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage.

subjects: American drama, history and criticism, 20th century,  American drama, history and criticism, 21st century,  Politics and literature,  Literature and society,  Politics in literature,  American drama,  History and criticism,  History,  DRAMA / American,  Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000,  English,  Literary studies: from c 1900 -,  Literary studies: plays & playwrights,  Literature