Rooms in Dramatic Realism (Paperback)

Preface Part 1: Rooms: An Introduction 1. Box Sets 2. Caste and Caste 3. The Addiction to Dwelling 4. The Lapsed and the Lost: The Pillars of Society 5. Inside and Outside A Doll’s House 6. Notes on Nora’s Experience of the Room 7. Close Quarters: The Phenomenal Room 8. Lavender, Dried Roses and Death: Hedda Gabler 9. The Back Room: The Wild Duck 10.Making Room: The Master Builder11. A Note on Ibsen’s Radicalism 12. The Shelf Life of Dramatic Realism 13. Realism and Scenic Space 14. The Structure of Meaning in Dramatic Realism Part 2: Specimens 15. Suburban House: Candida 16. Living Room: A Raisin in the Sun 17. What’s Right: Two Trains Running 18. Standing for Something: A Long Day’s Journey into Night 19. Long Night’s Journey into Day: A Delicate Balance 20. The Dump: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 21. Domus Lugubris: Translations 22. Darker In than Out: The Room 23. Keeping House: The Birthday Party 24. Dungheap: Curse of the Starving Class 25. No Refuge: The Lower Depths 26. Speed Therapy: The Iceman Cometh 27. Upstairs: The Dumb Waiter 28. The Something Else: Miss Julie 29. Economic Betterment: Oleanna 30. The Good Life: ‘night, Mother 31. Natural Habitat: The Slave Part 3: Variations 32. Ghost Rooms: The Cherry Orchard 33. Sleepers Awake: Heartbreak House 34. The Big House: Summer 35. Eviction: The Three Sisters 36. Settling: Fifth of July 37. Their Master’s Voice: Aristocrats 38. Outside Inside: Dancing at Lughnasa 39. The Usual Darkness: All My Sons 40. The Office: Uncle Vanya 41. Gardens: Mrs. Warren’s Profession 42. Control Booth: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Part 4: Interventions 43. Mom’s House: True West 44. Ghosts: The Piano Lesson 45. Recumbency: Plenty 46. Out of Bounds: A Streetcar Named Desire 47. It All Happens: Old Times 48. Out Back: Buried Child 49. The Inside of his Head: Philadelphia, Here I Come! 50. Diamonds in the Dark: Death of a Salesman 51. Sitting in the Dark: Fefu and her Friends 52. Visitors: "Heart’s Desire" 53. Exit through the Window: The Swan Addendum: Amour Works Cited