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"Learned, insightful, and engaging, Mendel's Theatre is an impressive and groundbreaking study. Its critical voice is assured, and it establishes a new way of thinking about the relationships among drama, theatre, and social theory during the early twentieth century." - Theatre Survey
"While much has been made of American theatre's (and modern theatre's in general) obsession with heredity, little exists on eugenics itself, much less anything so thoroughly presented and articulated. The term Mendel's Theatre will likely turn into a much-used phrase when twentieth-century drama is discussed, inescapable as it will be to ignore what is here presented in the future." - William W. Demastes, Professor of English, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
"Mendel's Theatre transcends the disciplinary boundaries of theatre scholarship to also explore the history of science, social movements, and philosophy. Wolff s ambitious and meticulously researched book offers both a broad view of eugenics evolution in the United States, and pointed analyses of canonical American plays that deal implicitly or explicitly with the issues and concerns of eugenics." - Broadside
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Book Title: Mendel’s Theatre
Book Subtitle: Heredity, Eugenics, and Early Twentieth-Century American Drama
Authors: Tamsen Wolff
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230621275
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Tamsen Wolff 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61585-4Published: 19 May 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37946-0Published: 19 May 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62127-5Published: 11 May 2009
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 278
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cultural History, Theatre History, Theatre and Performance Studies