Women and German Drama: Playwrights and Their Texts 1860-1945

by Sarah Colvin

Explores the traditional bias against women's drama and asks to what extent women playwrights have been able to overcome it.

For women, according to the contemporary Austrian dramatist Elfriede Jelinek, writing for the theater is an act of transgression. The idea that drama as a grand public genre resists women writers has become established in recent scholarship. But Jelinek herself has won the B?chner Prize, the most prestigious award in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571132740
• ISBN13: 9781571132741
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.2" x 6.1"