The Heidi Chronicles (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Wendy Wasserstein
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: 1965-1988
- Setting: New York City and Chicago
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Sketch
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, New York City, Friendship, Social life, Chicago, 1980’s, Feminism, Women’s issues, Women, Idealism, Lifestyles, Popular culture, Women’s movement, Career women
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Ann Arbor, MI, Manchester, NH
Characters Discussed
Heidi Holland, an art history professor and essayist who teaches at Columbia University. After attending Miss Crain’s School in Chicago in the mid-1960’s, she pursues her education as an undergraduate at Vassar and a member of the art history graduate program at Yale in the early 1970’s. Throughout her professional career, she advocates greater recognition for female artists, demonstrating at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1974, writing the book And the Light Floods in from the Left in the late 1970’s, directing the group Women’s Art in...
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