William Inge : essays and reminiscences on the plays and the man / edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Mary C. Hartig.
- Title
- William Inge : essays and reminiscences on the plays and the man / edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Mary C. Hartig.
- Published by
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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- Description
- vii, 291 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "These previously unpublished essays take a look at some of William Inge's most popular work, as well as his less well-known later plays. Included are reminiscences which reveal the playwright's charm and generosity, and shed light on how a brilliant, troubled man eventually took his own life"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Contents
- Critical essays. American theater in the 1950s and Inge's plays / Albert Wertheim -- The inside-outsider / Robert Patrick -- Come back, little Sheba and mass culture / Jane Courant -- The two texts of Picnic / David Richman -- Picnic, Summer brave, and The peace of staying / Kerk Fisher -- Robert Brustein's "Men-taming women of William Inge": a re-examination / Ralph F. Voss -- Structures of violence: gender roles in Inge's plays / Linda Wagner-Martin -- Inge and the empty stage / Susan Koprince -- Life with father in four Inge plays / Robert A. Martin -- "Going next door": placing Inge / Barry Gross -- Another Kansan in the land of Oz: Inge as screenwriter / Thomas P. Adler -- Build-up to natural affection / R. Baird Shuman -- Unnatural affection: sons and mothers / Therese Jones -- Reminiscences.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain