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University of Leicester and Andy Mousley, De Montfort University  \nPublished Titles:  \nGothic Literature, Andrew Smith Canadian Literature, Faye Hammill Women’s Poetry, Jo Gill  \nContemporary American Drama, Annette J. Saddik Shakespeare, Gabriel Egan  \nForthcoming Titles in the Series:  \nAsian American Literature, Bella Adams Children’s Literature, M. O. Grenby Eighteenth-Century Literature, Hamish Mathison Contemporary British Fiction, Nick Bentley Contemporary American Fiction, David Brauner Victorian Literature, David Amigoni  \nCrime Fiction, Stacy Gillis  \nRenaissance Literature, Siobhan Keenan Modern American Literature, Catherine Morley Scottish Literature, Gerard Carruthers Romantic Literature, Richard Marggraf Turley Modernist Literature, Rachel Potter  \nMedieval Literature, Pamela King Women’s Fiction, Sarah Sceats  \nContemporary American Drama  \nAnnette J. Saddik  \nEdinburgh University Press  \nIn memory of  \nmy mother, Gila G. Saddik and my father, Dr Meir Saddik with overflowing gratitude and love  \n© Annette J. Saddik, 􀀁􀀂􀀂􀀃  \nEdinburgh University Press Ltd 􀀁􀀁 George Square, Edinburgh  \nTypeset in 􀀄􀀄 . 􀀅/􀀄􀀆 Ehrhardt  \nby Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester, and printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wilts  \nA CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 􀀇􀀃􀀈 􀀂 􀀃􀀉􀀈􀀊 􀀁􀀉􀀇􀀆 􀀅 (hardback)  \nISBN 􀀇􀀃􀀈 􀀂 􀀃􀀉􀀈􀀊 􀀁􀀉􀀇􀀉 􀀁 (paperback)  \nThe right of Annette J. Saddik  \nto be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 􀀄􀀇􀀈􀀈 .  \nContents  \nSeries Preface Acknowledgements Chronology Introduction  \nChapter 􀀄 Experimental Innovations After the Second World War  \nChapter 􀀁 Revisiting the American Dream Chapter 􀀆 African-American Theatre: Voices from the Margins Chapter 􀀉 Avant-Garde Theatre Groups:  \nRevolutions in Performance Chapter 􀀅 Postmodern Presentations: Questioning Boundaries of Representation Chapter 􀀊 The Politics of Identity and Exclusion Chapter 􀀃 Fragmented Representations of American  \nIdentity in the Theatre of the Vietnam War Chapter 􀀈 The ‘NEA Four’ and Performance  \nArt: Making Visible the Invisible Conclusion  \nStudent Resources Glossary  \nGuide to Further Reading Index  \nvi  \nvii  \nxi  \n􀀄  \n􀀄􀀃  \n􀀉􀀂  \n􀀃􀀁  \n􀀄􀀂􀀈  \n􀀄􀀁􀀇  \n􀀄􀀅􀀄  \n􀀄􀀃􀀉  \n􀀄􀀇􀀂  \n􀀁􀀂􀀃  \n􀀁􀀄􀀁  \n􀀁􀀄􀀁  \n􀀁􀀄􀀅  \n􀀁􀀁􀀁  \nSeries Preface  \nThe study of English literature in the early twenty-first century  \nis host to an exhilarating range of critical approaches, theories and historical perspectives. ‘English’ ranges from traditional modes of study such as Shakespeare and Romanticism to popular interest in national and area literatures such as the United States, Ireland and the Caribbean. The subject also spans a diverse array of genres from tragedy to cyberpunk, incorporates such hybrid fields of study as Asian American literature, black British literature, creative writing and literary adaptations, and remains eclectic in its methodology.  \nSuch diversity is cause for both celebration and consternation. English is varied enough to promise enrichment and enjoyment for all kinds of readers and to challenge preconceptions about what the study of literature might involve. But how are readers to navigate their way through such literary and cultural diversity? And how are students to make sense of the various literary categories and periodisations, such as modernism and the Renaissance, or the proliferating theories of literature, from feminism and marxism to queer theory and eco-criticism? The Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature series reflects the challenges and pluralities of English today, but at the same time it offers readers clear and accessible routes through the texts, contexts, genres, historical periods and debates within the subject.  \nMartin Halliwell and Andy Mousley  \nAcknowledgements  \nIwould like to acknowledge the many colleagues, artists, student","cbCaibpUuRd95HL1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibpUuRd95HL1","pdf",2533011,247,"English","# Contents\n## Series Preface\n## Acknowledgements\n## Chronology\n## Introduction\n## Chapter 1 Experimental Innovations After the Second World War\n## Chapter 2 Revisiting the American Dream\n## Chapter 3 African-American Theatre: Voices from the Margins\n## Chapter 4 Avant-Garde Theatre Groups: Revolutions in Performance\n## Chapter 5 Postmodern Presentations: Questioning Boundaries of Representation\n## Chapter 6 The Politics of Identity and Exclusion\n## Chapter 7 Fragmented Representations of American Identity in the Theatre of the Vietnam War\n## Chapter 8 The ‘NEA Four’ and Performance Art: Making Visible the Invisible\n## Conclusion\n## Student Resources\n## Glossary\n## Guide to Further Reading\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What series is this book part of?\",\"answer\":\"It belongs to the Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature series.\"},{\"question\":\"Which topics does the introduction and early chapters cover?\",\"answer\":\"They cover how readers navigate literary diversity and categories, and they foreground theatre’s engagement with experimental innovation, the American Dream, and changing modes of representation.\"},{\"question\":\"What major theme does the book address in its discussion of later chapters?\",\"answer\":\"Identity politics and exclusion, including fragmented representations of American identity connected to the Vietnam War and visibility through performance art associated with the NEA Four.\"}]","Contemporary American Drama - Introduction to Experimental Innovations and Identity Politics | PDF",1789773048,380]