Gore Vidal's "Public": Satire and Political Reality in "Visit to a Small Planet, The Best Man", and "An Evening with Richard Nixon"

The essay discusses three plays by Gore Vidal, written for Broadway theatres, which are connected by the common theme of politics and the public, but are otherwise different in emphasis and style. The differences and similarities provide a starting point for an analysis of Vidal’s satiric mode. It i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Amerikastudien / American Studies. - Universitätsverlag WINTER, 1997. - 45(2000), 2, Seite 201-218
1. Verfasser: Peterfy, Margit (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2000
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Amerikastudien / American Studies
Schlagworte:Arts Behavioral sciences Social sciences Economics Political science