Paradise Lost (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Clifford Odets
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Family or family life, Husbands, United States or Americans, Wives, Crime or criminals, Middle classes, Depression, economic, 1930’s, Bankruptcy or financial crisis, Business or business people, Theft
- Locales: United States
Odets thought better of Paradise Lost than most Broadway critics did. The play, although disappointing in many respects, is significant for its almost flawless development of the character of Sam Katz, the dishonest business partner of Leo Gordon, the head of the Gordon household. Odets considered Paradise Lost the most profound of his four dramatic productions to that time. Joseph Wood Krutch, a leading critic of the 1930's, on the other hand, called the play a mere burlesque on Awake and Sing!, although that criticism was probably more harsh than the play...
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