Genus envy : nationalities, identities, and the performing body of work /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Connolly, Thomas F., 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, NY : Cambria Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Theater and society. Drama > Social aspects. Drama > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Nationalism and literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Culture in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : rampant flaccidity or notional culture
Radicalizing the discourse of American drama : Eugene O'Neill, the greatest un-American playwright
From first-nighter to essayist : the [dis]/establishment of/and drama critic John Mason Brown
Green, "quare" nation : Micheál Mac Liammóir's need to apply Irishness
Cosmopolitan nationalist : Alexander Moissi from the Hofburgtheater to "people's artist of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania"
Medals and mediation : the performer's persona, the Petrarchan ideal and late-nineteenth century Viennese culture
The thing's the play : Noel Coward haughty, (not so) naughty boy.