Drama: A Pocket Anthology

by R.S. Gwynn

The perfect alternative to lengthy drama anthologies, this brief, affordable collection of 9 most widely taught plays provides a concise but complete introduction to the study of drama. "Writing About Drama" section offers a brief overview of organizational strategies, research methods, style and MLA style citation. Index of critical terms provides a cross-referenced list of terms covered. 6 New Plays including Fences , by August Wilson and The Heidi Chronicles , by Wendy Wasserstein. For those interested in Drama.

Genres: Plays, Anthologies, Drama

606 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2004

About the author

R.S. Gwynn, known as a "new formalist" poet, received a BA from Davidson College, where he twice won the Vereen Bell Award for Creative Writing, and he earned both an MA and an MFA from the University of Arkansas, where he won the John Gould Fletcher Award for Poetry. Gwynn has also won the Michael Braude Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

He is the author of several collections of poetry, including No Word of Farewell: Selected Poems 1970–2000; The Narcissiad (1982), a book-length satirical poem; and The Drive-In (1986), winner of the Breakthrough Award from the University of Missouri Press. Gwynn has taught at Lamar University since 1976. He lives in Beaumont, Texas.