Coming home again
American family drama and the figure of the prodigal
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Author
Publication
1997 - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison, NJ, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
55,250 words, Guess
Page Count
221 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL976699M
- ISBN-100838635474
- OCLC Control Number34473209
- OCLC Control Numbercominghomeagaina0000proe
- Library of Congress Control Number96013831
and 2 more
- LibraryThing2911094
- Goodreads2071207
Classifications
- DDC812.009/355
- LCCPS338.F35 P76 1997
Description
This study focuses on the representation of the family in American drama, in particular, on various uses and conventions of the figure of the prodigal husband or son. It considers the lineage and function of this figure from the writings of Augustine, medieval iconography, Renaissance prodigal son plays, and temperance melodramas to such contemporary manifestations as television talk shows, the Recovery Movement, and plays by contemporary writers including Spalding Gray, Ntozake Shange, and Cherrie Moraga.
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