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Modern Drama Journal
Online journal in Project Muse
Modern Drama was founded in 1958 and is the most prominent journal in English to focus on dramatic literature. The terms, "modern" and "drama," are the subject of continuing and fruitful debate, but the journal has been distinguished by the excellence of its close readings of both canonical and lesser known dramatic texts through a range of methodological perspectives.
Drama & Theatre Arts Journals
Online journals
Drama
List of subject headings on drama in our online catalog.

A History of Modern Drama by David Krasner
Call Number: 809.2 K8645h v.2
ISBN: 9781405157582

Selected E-Books

Critical Survey of Drama, by Salem Press (Editor)
Call Number: Salem Literature
ISBN: 9781682176221
Publication Date: 2018
Walking on Fire : The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama by Jim Linnell
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9780809330478
Publication Date: 2011-10-08
The plays discussed include Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Athol Fugard's “MASTER HAROLD”...and the boys, Donald Margulies's The Loman Family Picnic, Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, and Tony Kushner's Angels in America.

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