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The contrast (1787) by Royall Tyler ; André (1798) by William Dunlap ; The indian princess (1808) by James Nelson Barker ; Fashion, or Life in New York (1845) by Anna Cora Mowatt ; The octoroon, or Life in Louisiana (1859) by Dion Boucicault ; Margaret Fleming (1890) By James A. Herne ; Trifles (1916) by Susan Glaspell ; The children's hour (1934) by Lillian Hellman ; Our town (1938) by Thomas Wilder ; A streetcar named Desire (1947) by Tennessee Williams ; Death of a salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller ; Long day's journey into night (1956) by Eugene O'Neill ; A raisin in the sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry ; Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) by Edward Albee ; Funnyhouse of a negro (1964) by Adrienne Kennedy ; Fences (1985) by August Wilson ; Angels in America: a gay fantasia on national themes (1993-94) by Tony Kushner

This volume provides an accessible and engaging guide to the study of American dramatic literature. Designed to support students in reading, discussing, and writing about commonly assigned American plays, this text offers timely resources to think critically and originally about key moments on the American stage.?Combining comprehensive coverage of the core plays from the post-Revolutionary era to the present, each chapter includes:?historical and cultural context of each of the plays and their distinctive literary features?clear introductions to the ongoing critical debates they have provoked?collaborative prompts for classroom or online discussion?annotated bibliographies for further research?With its accessible prose style and clear structure, this introduction spotlights specific plays while encouraging students to contemplate timely questions of American identity across its selected span of US theatrical history