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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Proehl, Geoffrey S., 1950- Coming home again. Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, ©1997 (OCoLC)606142647 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Geoffrey S Proehl |
ISBN: | 0838635474 9780838635476 |
OCLC Number: | 34473209 |
Description: | 221 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. The Bottle -- 2. Prodigal Sons, Prodigal Husbands: A Particular Lineage -- 3. Prodigal Sons, Prodigal Husbands: Rupture and Potential -- 4. The Brother -- 5. He (or She) Who Waits -- 6. Persistence, Variation, Dispersion -- Epilogue: The Sentimental Spectator -- App. A. The Parable -- App. B. Alcohol and the Prodigal: Some Significant Dates. |
Responsibility: | Geoffrey S. Proehl. |
Abstract:
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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