Mendel's theatre heredity, eugenics, and early twentieth-century American drama / Tamsen Wolff.

Author/creator Wolff, Tamsen
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Description278 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Palgrave Connect Literature & Performing Arts Collection 2009
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Springer Books
Subjects
American drama--20th century. --History and criticism.
Eugenics in literature.
Heredity in literature.
Race in literature.
Eugenics--United States. --History. --20th century.
Literature and science--United States. --History. --20th century.

Portion of title Mendel's theater
SeriesPalgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. ^A605166
Contents Predecessors : Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Brieux, and heredity -- From peas to people : theatre and the American eugenics movement -- Experimental breeding ground : Susan Glaspell, mutation, maternity, and The verge -- Branching out from the family tree : bloodlines and Eugene O'Neill's Strange interlude -- A genealogy of American theatre : Show boat, Angelina Weld Grimké's Rachel, and the black body.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-265) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008039967
ISBN0230615856 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230615854 (alk. paper)

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