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On Susan Glaspell's Trifles and "A Jury of Her Peers"

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  • ISBN 9781476662114
  • Weight: 336g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Oct 2015
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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On a wharf in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where Greenwich Village bohemians gathered in the summer of 1916, Susan Glaspell was inspired by a sensational murder trial to write Trifles, a play about two women who hide a Midwestern farm wife's motive for murdering her abusive husband. Following successful productions of the play, Glaspell became the "mother of American drama." Her short story version of Trifles, "A Jury of Her Peers," reached an unprecedented one million readers in 1917. The play and the story have since been taught in classrooms across America and Trifles is regularly revived on stages around the world.

This collection of fresh essays celebrates the centennial of Trifles and "A Jury of Her Peers," with departures from established Glaspell scholarship. Interviews with theater people are included along with two original works inspired by Glaspell's iconic writings.
About
Martha C. Carpentier is a retired professor of modern British and Irish literature at Seton Hall University, New Jersey. She is a co-founder of the International Susan Glaspell Society and has been vice-president and president of the society. She lives in Melbourne Beach, Florida. Emeline Jouve is an assistant professor of American literature and culture at Champollion University and Toulouse Jean-Jaurès University, France. She is the author of several articles on American drama and theater and is the editor of “Staging Mobility in the United-States” for the online journal Miranda (2011). She lives in Toulouse, France.