Coming Home Again: American Family Drama and the Figure of the Prodigal

Coming Home Again: American Family Drama and the Figure of the Prodigal
ISBN-10
0838635474
ISBN-13
9780838635476
Category
Brothers in literature
Pages
221
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Author
Geoffrey S. Proehl

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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