Title
Coming Home Again: American Family Drama and the Figure of the Prodigal
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1997
Department
Theatre Arts
Abstract
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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Citation
Proehl, Geoffrey S. Coming Home Again: American Family Drama and the Figure of the Prodigal. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997. Print.