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The World of William Saroyan by Balakian, Nona is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is The World of William Saroyan about?
In this work, the author tells how Saroyan transformed the short story by personalizing it and by loosening the structure of the novella form. He went on to bring new life to the theater and to the telling of autobiography. Better than that of any recent drama critic, Balakian's chapters on the theater place Saroyan's plays in the larger framework of the American theater of his time and achieve the creation of a total picture of the state of the American theater of the 1930s.
Who reads The World of William Saroyan?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Balakian, Nona
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press ; Associated University Presses
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780838753682
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, Humanities
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25