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American Drama
19th-century melodrama and the emergence of realism; works by O’Neill and other dramatists of the early 20th century
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Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the town of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play.It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new Foreword by Donald Margulies, who writes, "You are holding in your hands a great American play. Possibly the great American play." In addition, Tappan Wilder has written an eye-opening new Afterword, which includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.
Additional information
- Pages: 208
- ISBN: 0060535253
- EAN: 9780060535254
- Dewey: 812.52
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd



