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Golden Boy by Clifford Odets

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Author Biography

Name: Clifford Odets
Birth Date: July 18, 1906
Death Date: April 14, 1963
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: playwright

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Biography of Clifford Odets
855 words, approx. 2.9 pages
A playwright, film scenarist, and director, Clifford Odets (1906-1963) was America's outstanding dramatist in the 1930s. His colloquial dialogue, vital ideological protests on behalf of human dignity, and feeling for the family were distinctive. Clifford...
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Biography of Clifford Odets
9999 words, approx. 33.3 pages
Clifford Odets is known primarily as a proletarian playwright of the 1930s, although this label is misleading. Odets's first few plays, which catapulted him virtually overnight to fame and affluence, reflect the experience of the Great Depression and hav...
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Biography of Clifford Odets
1603 words, approx. 5.3 pages
Born in Philadelphia to Louis J. and Pearl Geisinger Odets, Clifford Odets grew up in a Jewish section of the Bronx. Though Odets at times suggested that he was raised under the shadows of poverty, his father became a prosperous businessman in the 1920s,...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Golden Boy Information
286 words, approx. 1 pages
Golden Boy may refer to: Golden Boy (play), a play by Clifford Odets Golden Boy (film), a 1939 film adaptation of the Odets play nickname of actor William Holden, who became a star after his breakthrough leading role in the film Golden Boy (musical), a...


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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Golden Boys
07/22/2004: 1,926 words, approx. 6 pages
BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME GOLDEN BOYS Several active players locks to get in By TOM HAUDRICOURT thaudricourt@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Thursday, July 22, 2004 St. Louis -- With Hall of Fame officials breaking out the good china, waxing the floors...
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Mail on Sunday
This boy really is Golden
08/19/2007: 332 words, approx. 1 pages
It's tempting to say the world really doesn't need any more earnest young singer-songwriters right now, but by the end of Out Come The Wolves, the first track on Oregon-based Jacob Golden's debut album Revenge Songs (Sawtooth, 12.99 inc pp, 01634 832 789, out...
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greatreporter.com
Golden Boy: A Fifth Doctor Quiz
10/8/2007: 357 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:What colour will the Doctor's celery turn if he's in the presence of gases to which he is allergic?a) Crimson (0)b) Purple (1)c) Blue (0)d) Black (0)Question 2 of 10:Under whose influence does Turlough plot to betray and destroy the Doctor?a) The...
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Golden Boy: A PeterDavison Quiz
10/8/2007: 292 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:His devoted fans know him as Peter Davison , but what is his real surname? Moffett Carlyle Smithy Langley Question 2 of 10:As if in anticipation of his roles as a vet, a university GP and a...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Harold Clurman
1,681 words, approx. 6 pages
In the essay below, Clurman explores the allegorical nature of Golden Boy.
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Critical Review by Brooks Atkinson
1,111 words, approx. 4 pages
Atkinson compares the construction of the themes and dialogue in Golden Boy to a symphony.
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Critical Review by Stark Young
518 words, approx. 2 pages
In this assessment of Golden Boy, Young praises Odets' handling of dialogue, adding: "In this respect Mr. Odets is the most promising writer our theatre can show. "
 


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Golden Boy by Clifford Odets

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