Background
Gilman, Richard was born on April 30, 1925 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Marion (Wolinsky) Gilman.
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This highly acclaimed critical exploration of modern drama begins with Büchner and Ibsen and then discusses the major playwrights who have shaped modern theaterStrindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, and Handke. A new introduction by the author assesses developments of recent years. Reviews of the earlier editions: The best single study of the astonishing transformations dramatic art has undergone in the last century or so.”Thomas R. Edwards, New York Times Book Review In its field this is one of the choice books of the century. It moves toward the deepest sources of some great plays, so it deepens their effect on us.”Stanley Kauffmann The Making of Modern Drama has no rivals. Richard Gilman’s account of his fascinating subject is written with love, measure, and authority.”Susan Sontag Gilman’s book on the genesis and development of contemporary drama is acute, beautifully accomplished, and, I think, important.”Donald Barthelme
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Literary criticism on Norman Mailer, Marshall McLuhan, Susan Sontag, The Living Theatre, Black Writing-Fiction, Drama, and Ideas. Dust jacket design by Jay J. Smith.
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Gilman, Richard was born on April 30, 1925 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Marion (Wolinsky) Gilman.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1947; Doctor of Humane Letters, Grinnell College, 1967.
Free-lance writer, 1950-1954. Associate editor Jubilee magazine, 1954-1957. Drama critic, literature editor Commonweal, 1961-1964.
Associate editor, drama critic Newsweek magazine, 1964-1967. Literature editor New Republic, 1968-1970. Professor drama Yale University, 1967—1978, 1979—1998.
Visiting lecturer English, Columbia University, 1964-1965, visiting professor, 1980, 84. Visiting professor drama Stanford University, summer 1967, theater arts City College of New York, 1978-1979, Boston University, 1984-1985, Barnard College. McGraw Distinguished lecturer Princeton University, 1990.
President Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center, 1981-1983, vice president, 1983-1986.
( This highly acclaimed critical exploration of modern dr...)
(Literary criticism on Norman Mailer, Marshall McLuhan, Su...)
(Cultural Studies, Literary Studies)
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Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946.
Married Esther Morgenstern, 1949 (divorced). 1 child, Nicholas; married Lynn Nesbit, 1966 (divorced). Children: Priscilla, Claire.
Married Yasuko Shiojiri, 1992.