TY - BOOK AU - Porter,Thomas E. TI - Myth and modern American drama SN - 0814315127 AV - PS351 .P672 1969 PY - 1969/// CY - Detroit PB - Wayne State University Press KW - O'Neill, Eugene, KW - Kingsley, Sidney, KW - Miller, Arthur, KW - Williams, Tennessee, KW - Wilder, Thornton, KW - Albee, Edward, KW - American drama KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Myth in literature N1 - BIBINDX; Introduction: the dramatic milieu and American drama --; Puritan ego and Freudian unconscious: Mourning becomes Electra --; The old woman, the doctor and the cook: The cocktail party --; Who knows not patient Job: J.B. --; Tragedy and the private eye: Detective story --; Acres of diamonds: Death of a salesman --; The passing of the old South: A streetcar named desire --; The long shadow of the law: The crucible --; A green corner of the universe: Our town --; Fun and games in suburbia: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? --; Conclusion; The vision of American drama ER -