Book DescriptionClifford Odets, one of the 20th century's leading American playwrights, was a fervent believer in democracy and the human ability to overcome obstacles Yet his legacy has been overshadowed by persistent attempts to read him as a thoroughly political playwright This new consideration reads his career--the work itself and the ожших conditions of its invention--as cultural creations in a time of political, social, and economic change. Descrip2003 г 200 стр ISBN 0313315949.