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How
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American Plays and Playwrights
Intro to Drama
Biography | Bibliographies and Guides to Criticism | Theater and Drama Journals | Indexes | See Also | Online Library Catalog
BIOGRAPHY
American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. L. Unger, ed.
New York, Scribner. PS129.A55 REFERENCE
4 volume set with 7 supplements
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. P. Hartnoll, ed. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1992.
PN2035.C63 1992 REFERENCE
See for brief, overview-type entries.
This is an updated version to the 1983 edition.
Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Scribner, 1943. E170.D56
vol.1-21 REFERENCE
Includes biographical information
on James A. Herne.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. J. Salzman, ed.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. E185.E54 1996 vol.1-5 REFERENCE
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
AND GUIDES TO CRITICISM
American Playwrights, 1880-1945: A Research and Production Sourcebook. William
W. Demastes, ed.
Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1995. PS351.A43 1995 REFERENCE
Each entry includes plays, an
assessment of the playwright’s career, plus a bibliography.
Glaspell, Barry, Hellman, Hughes, and
Odets can be found.
Black Literature Criticism. J.P. Draper, ed. Detroit: Gale Research,
Inc., 1992.
PS153.N5 B556 1992 vol.1-3 REFERENCE
Bordman, Gerald Martin. The Oxford Companion to the American Theatre. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1992. PN2220.B6 1992 REFERENCE
Contemporary American Dramatists. K. A. Berney, ed. London: St. James
Press, 1994. PS352.C65 1994 REFERENCE
Entries include biography, list
of works, list of bibliographies and critical studies on the
playwright, and a signed essay.
Drama Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research, Inc., 1991.
PN1601.D59 vol.1-7 REFERENCE
Twelve Volume set . Reprints or
excerpts covering
history, criticism, bibliographies, biographies and reviews.
Eddleman, F. E. American Drama Criticism: Interpretations, 1890-1977.
Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press, 1979. PS332.E3 REFERENCE
Includes "List of Books
indexed" and "List of Journals indexed". We also have Supplement
1
(1984) and Supplement 2 (1989) to
this edition.
Gavin, Christy. American Women Playwrights, 1964-1989. New York : Garland Pub., 1993.
PS338 .W6 G38 1993 REFERENCE
Gunn, Drewey W. Tennessee Williams, A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ:
Scarecrow Press, 1980. PS3545.I5365 REFERENCE
International Dictionary of Theatre. Mark Hawkins-Dady, ed. Chicago:
St. James Press, 1992-1994.
PN2035.I49 1992 vol.1-3 REFERENCE
See especially volume 1 Plays,
and volume 2 Playwrights, containing a brief biography, list of
works, list of critical books and
articles, and a short criticism.
McCann, John S. The Critical Reputation of Tennessee Williams: A Reference
Guide. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1983. PS3545.I5365 C7 REFERENCE
(2nd copy in stacks)
See Arrangement and Form Section
on page X-XI
Shafer, Yvonne. American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950. New York: Peter
Lang, 1995
PS338.W6 S48 1995 REFERENCE
Includes specific discussions on
Glaspell and Hellman and general information on women and the
theater in this time period. See
bibliographic references also.
Shakespearean criticism : excerpts from the criticism of William Shakespeare's plays and poetry, from the first published appraisals to current evaluations / Laurie Lanzen Harris, editor, Mark W. Scott, associate editor.
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1984-present. PR2965 .S43 1984
REFERENCE
Shuman, Robert Baird. American Drama, 1918-1960: An Annotated Bibliography.
Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992. PS350.S58 1992 REFERENCE
Useful bibliography including
general reference works and resources, plus information on
Glaspell, Barry, Hellman, Odets,
Hughes, Miller, Williams, and Albee.
Spiller, R. E. The Roots of National Culture, American Literature to 1830. New
York: Macmillan, 1949.
PS504.A62 vol. 1 STACKS
Includes the play, The Contrast
and a bibliographic sketch of Royall Tyler.
THEATER AND DRAMA
JOURNALS
American Drama
Modern Drama
American Theatre
Studies in American Drama
Comparative Drama
TDR (The Drama Review)
Essays in Theatre
Theatre
Performing Arts Journal
Theatre Journal
The Tulane Drama Review
INDEXES
MLA International
Bibliography. New York: Modern Language Association
of America, 1921-
PB6.M62 INDEX
Find also on CD-ROM workstations. An aid to searching can
be found at the bibliography
display, or online, under English Language and Literature folder.
Play Index. D.H. West, ed. New York: H.W. Wilson. PN1600.P5
1949-1987 INDEX
7 volumes. Use to locate a
particular play or translation, for selecting a play on a certain period or
subject,
or for cast size, etc.
SEE ALSO (at
bibliography display)
How to Find Literary Criticism Using the Library Catalog
How to Find Literary Criticism in Expanded Academic Index
ONLINE LIBRARY
CATALOG - Sample Subject Headings*
American dramatists
American drama—Afro American authors—History and criticism
American drama—History and criticism—Theory, etc.
American drama—Men authors—History and criticism
American drama—20th century—History and criticism
American drama—Women authors—History and criticism—Bibliography
American drama—Women authors
Drama—20th Century
Drama—Technique
Dramatists, American—20th century—interviews
Experimental theater (see for Karen Finley and Theater of Obscenity information)
Expressionism
Feminism and theater—United States
Feminism in literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
Postmodernism (Literature)
Realism in literature
Theater and society—United States.
Theater—Reviews
Theater—History—20th Century
Theater—Periodicals
Theater—Dictionaries
Theater of the Absurd
Theater—United States
*A very useful subject heading is the author’s last name, first name, birth
year-death year
That plus Criticism and interpretation is another one, or instead of Criticism
and interpretation,
try the Play title you are interested in.
** The extended dash is not required as a divider for subject headings. It is
intended as a visual aid only.
Example: Albee, Edward 1928 Criticism and interpretation
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