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Susan Glaspell

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Susan Glaspell

Aliases: Susan Keating Glaspell

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1876-07-01 (Davenport, Iowa)
Died
1948-07-28 (Provincetown, Massachusetts) age 72
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Davenport, Iowa → Des Moines, Iowa → Chicago, Illinois → Greenwich Village, New York City → Provincetown, Massachusetts

Career

Occupations
playwright, novelist, journalist, actress
Active Years
1894-1948
Affiliations
Provincetown Players (co-founder), Heterodoxy
Memberships
International Susan Glaspell Society
Influenced By
Black Hawk, Henrik Ibsen
Influenced
Eugene O'Neill

Education

Drake University
Philosophy
Degree: BA
Period: 1897-1899
Year of Graduation: 1899
Country: United States
Philosophy major, excelled in debate competitions

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1931
Work: Alison's House
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Trifles

1916 One-act play

Women discover clues overlooked by male investigators, questioning justice in a feminist masterpiece

genderjusticemorality
Adaptations
  • [short story] A Jury of Her Peers (1917)

Alison's House

1930 Drama

Explores a poet's legacy and family secrets

legacyfamilyart

Bibliography

  • The Glory of the Conquered (1909)
  • The Visioning (1911)
  • Fidelity (1915)
  • Brook Evans (1928)
  • Fugitive's Return (1929)
  • Ambrose Holt and Family (1931)
  • The Morning Is Near Us (1939)
  • Norma Ashe (1942)
  • Judd Rankin's Daughter (1945)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
semi-autobiographicalrealismexpressionism
Recurring Motifs
genderethicsMidwestern lifeNative American heritage

Health

  • fibroid tumor
    1910年代
    Underwent surgery after miscarriages
  • depression, alcoholism
    1932年頃
    Led to low productivity period
  • viral pneumonia
    1948年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Rediscovered as pioneering feminist writer and America's first important modern female playwright. Trifles is a staple of American theatre

Academic Societies

  • International Susan Glaspell Society

Archives

  • University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives

In Popular Culture

  • Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers frequently anthologized in Women's Studies curricula

Trivia

  • Discovered Eugene O'Neill at Provincetown Players
  • Co-founder of Provincetown Players
  • Pulitzer winner whose books went out of print but revived by feminist critics