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Criticism of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Dramatic Works from All the World’s Literatures

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The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of DC. Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN DC, VOLUME 21, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

Colloquia Germanica, v. 14, 1981 for “Hebbel and Georg Kaiser: Reflections of ‘Judith’ in ‘Die Burger von Calais’” by George C. Tunstall. Copyright © 1981. Reproduced by permission of the author.—The Commonweal, February 12, 1954; December 23, 1955; November 8, 1963. Copyright © 1954, renewed 1982; copyright © 1955, renewed 1983; copyright © 1963, renewed 1991 by Commonweal Publishing Co., Inc. All reproduced by permission of Commonweal Foundation. For subscriptions, www.commonwealmagazine.org.—Comparative Drama, v. 8, Fall, 1974. Copyright © 1974 by the Editors of Comparative Drama. Reproduced by permission.—Euphorion, 1966. Copyright © 1966. Reproduced by permission.— The French Review, v. 55, December, 1981; v. 59, February, 1986; v. 63, October, 1989; v. 63, February, 1990; v. 67, March, 1994; v. 72, December, 1998. Copyright © 1981, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998 by the American Association of Teachers of French. All reproduced by permission.—French Studies, v. 47, April, 1993. Copyright © 1993. Reproduced by permission.—Hebbel-Jahrbuch 1969, 1969. Copyright © 1969. Reproduced by permission.—Hebbel-Jahrbuch 1977, 1977. Copyright © 1977. Reproduced by permission.—MLN, v. 79, October, 1964; v. 87, October, 1972. Copyright © 1964, renewed 1992; copyright © 1972 by The Johns Hopkins University Press. Both reproduced by permission.—Modern Drama, v. 6, December, 1963; v. 8, December, 1965; v. 29, December, 1986. Copyright © 1963, 1965, 1986 by University of Toronto, Graduate Centre for Study of Drama. All reproduced by permission.—Modern Language Review, v. 77, July, 1982; v. 81, January, 1986. Copyright © 1982, 1986 by Modern Humanities Research Association. Both reproduced by permission of the publisher and the respective authors.—The Nation, (New York), May 27, 1961; October 5, 1964; October 8, 1973. Copyright © 1961, renewed 1989; copyright © 1964, renewed 1992; copyright © 1973 by The Nation magazine/ The Nation Company, Inc. Renewed 1989. All reproduced by permission.—New German Studies, v. 12, Summer, 1984. Copyright © 1984. Reproduced by permission.—The New Republic, January 25, 1954; December 5, 1955. Copyright © 1954, 1955, both renewed 1983 by The New Republic, Inc. Both reproduced by permission of The New Republic.—Orbis Litterarum, v. 28, 1973. Copyright © 1973 by Munksgaard International Publishers, Ltd. Reproduced by permission.— Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, v. 9, 1982; v. 10, 1983; v. 11, 1984; v. 15, 1988; v. 25, 1998. Copyright © 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1998. All reproduced by permission.—Romance Notes, v. 22, Winter, 1981. Copyright © 1981. Reproduced by permission.—South Atlantic Bulletin, v. 33, May, 1968. Copyright © 1968. Reproduced by permission.—Theatre Journal, v. 34, October, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by University and College Theatre Association of the American Theatre Association. Reproduced by permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN DC, VOLUME 21, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Amoia, Alba. From Twentieth-Century European Drama. Edited by Brian Docherty. St. Martin’s Press, 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Brian Docherty, ed. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Palgrave Macmillan.—Carlson, Marvin. From The French Stage in the Nineteenth Century. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1972. Copyright © 1972 by Marvin Carlson. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Carrington, Ildiko de Papp. From The Rest of the Story: Critical Essays on Alice Munro. Edited by Robert Thacker. ECW Press, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by ECW Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Greenberg, Mitchell. From Corneille, Classicism and The Ruse of Symmetry. Cambridge University Press, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Cambridge University Press and the author.—Harris, Brian. From From the Bard to Broadway: The University of Florida Department of Classics Comparative Drama Conference Papers, Volume VII. Edited by Karelisa V. Hartigan. University Press of America, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by University Press of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Hubert, Judd D. From Convergences: Rhetoric and Poetic in Seventeenth-Century France, Essays for

Hugh M. Davidson. Edited by David Lee Rubin and Mary B. McKinley. Ohio State University Press, 1989. Copyright © 1989 by Ohio State University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Hubert, Judd D. From Corneille’s Performative Metaphors. Rookwood Press, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Rookwood Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Huneker, James. From Iconoclasts: A Book of Dramatists. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. Copyright © 1905 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Knutsen, Harold C. From Corneille Comique: Nine Studies of Pierre Corneille’s Comedy with an Introduction and a Bibliography. Edited by Milorad R. Margitic. Papers on French Literature, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by PFSCL. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Lob, Ladislaus. From From Lessing to Hauptmann: Studies in German Drama. University Tutorial Press, 1974. Copyright © 1974 by Ladislaus Lob. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—McFarlane, Ian. From The Equilibrium of Wit: Essays for Odette de Mourgues. Edited by Peter Bayley and Dorothy Gabe Coleman. French Forum, 1982. Copyright © 1982 by French Forum, Publishers, Incorporated. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Purdie, Edna. From Friedrich Hebbel: A Study of His Life and Work. Oxford University Press, 1932. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press.—Schuler, Marilyn V. From Myths and Realities of Contemporary French Theater: Comparative Views. Edited by Patricia M. Hopkins and Wendell M. Aycock. Texas Tech Press, 1985. Copyright © 1985. Reproduced by permission.

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Anouilh, Jean, photograph. Copyright © by Bettmann/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Becque, Henri, engraving. Copyright © by The Art Archive/Musee Carnavalet Paris/Dagli Orti. Reproduced by permission.—Corneille, Pierre, photograph. Copyright © by The Art Archive/Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs Paris/Dagli Orti. Reproduced by permission.— Hebbel, Friedrich, engraving. Copyright © by Archive Photos, Inc. Reproduced by permission.

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