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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel | |
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| Name: |
Paul Zindel | | Birth Date: |
May 15, 1936 | | Place of Birth: |
Staten Island, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
playwright, screenwriter, author |
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 Biography of Paul Zindel
6929 words, approx. 23.1 pages
 May 15, 1936. Born in Staten Island, New York. Coming from a broken home, Zindel never knew his father very well. "Mother was a girl in her twenties when my father left. She used to have to fight to get the allowance from him and tried to keep us togethe... summary from source:
Biography of Paul Zindel
5097 words, approx. 17 pages
Considered a groundbreaking author of young adult literature as well as one of its most controversial contributors, Paul Zindel is well known as the creator of realistic novels that depict the teenage milieu with authenticity, humor, and panache. In addi... summary from source:
 Biography of Paul Zindel
4070 words, approx. 13.6 pages
Critics of adolescent literature generally cite four novels of the late 1960s as helping this subgenre break its ties with its past formulaic romanticism and move dramatically into a much more realistic mode: The Outsiders (1967) by S. E. Hinton, The Con...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Information
725 words, approx. 2 pages
 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a 1964 play written by Paul Zindel, a playwright and science teacher. (Many of his works focus on science or youth.) The play was the 1971 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Obie Award,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Jeffrey B. Loomis
3,653 words, approx. 12 pages
In the essay below, Loomis extols the anti-sexist message of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and points out the correlation between Zindel's play and Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Critical Review by Walter Kerr
1,348 words, approx. 5 pages
Kerr is an American essayist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama critic. Throughout his career, he has written theater reviews for such publications as Commonweal, the New York Herald Tribune , and the New York Times. Below, he recounts the memorable aspects of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and probes the desperate lives of the characters.
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Critical Essay by Thomas P. Adler
1,156 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following excerpt, Adler notes flaws in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and comments on the themes of the play.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel | |
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About 166 pages (49,885 words) in 13 products |
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