Entertaining the Nation: American Drama in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

by Tice L. Miller

In this survey of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American drama, Tice L. Miller examines American plays written before a canon was established in American dramatic literature and provides analyses central to the culture that produced them. Entertaining the Nation: American Drama in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries evaluates plays in the early years of the republic, reveals shifts in taste from the classical to the contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809327783
• ISBN13: 9780809327782
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.0"