Visions of Tragedy in Modern American Drama

David Palmer taught philosophy and literature at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, USA. His interest in ethics, philosophy of mind, and theories of the self led him to explore the plays of Samuel Beckett, Arthur Miller, and Eugene O'Neill. He is the president of the Arthur Miller Society and a board member of the Eugene O'Neill Society.

Notes on Contributors

Foreword
by Christopher Bigsby, University of East Anglia, UK

Acknowledgements

Introduction
by David Palmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, USA

1. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
by Jeffery Kennedy, Arizona State University, USA

2. Susan Glaspell (1876-1948)
by Sharon Friedman, New York University, USA

3. Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
by Jonathan Shandell, Arcadia University, USA

4. Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
by Jackson R. Bryer, University of Maryland, USA

5. Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
by Anne Fletcher, Southern Illinois University, USA

6. Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
by Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island College, USA

7. Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
by Stephen Marino, St. Francis College, USA

8. Edward Albee (1928-2016)
by Natka Bianchini, Loyola University Maryland, USA

9. Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
by Deirdre Osborne, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

10. Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)
by Harvey Young, Northwestern University, USA

11. Adrienne Kennedy (1931-)
by Werner Sollors, Harvard University, USA

12. August Wilson (1945-2005)
by Sandra G. Shannon, Howard University, USA

13. Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
by Shannon Blake Skelton, Kansas State University, USA

14. David Mamet (1947-)
by Brenda Murphy, University of Connecticut, USA

15. Marsha Norman (1947-)
by David Palmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, USA

16. Tony Kushner (1956-)
by Claire Gleitman, Ithaca College, USA

17. Suzan-Lori Parks (1963-)
by Soyica Diggs Colbert, Georgetown University, USA

18. American Theatre Since 1990
by Toby Zinman, University of the Arts, USA

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