The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman | Resources

The Children's Hour Further Reading

Adler, Jacob H. Lillian Hellman, Southern Writers Senes, No. 4, Steck-Vaughn, 1969

A 44-page pamphlet, this bnef study gives much of its limited space to a discussion of The Children's Hour, The work "also analyzes Hellman's artistic indebtedness to both Ibsen and Chekhov and the critical judgment that her plays often "lapse into melodrama "

Estnn, Mark W. Lillian Hellman, Plays, Films, Memoirs A Reference Guide, G K. Hall, 1980

A primary source book for research, this is a recent annotated bibliography on Hellman, part of the "Reference Guide to Literature" senes.

Falk, Dons V Lillian Hellman, Fredenck Ungar, 1978 A cntical biography gleaned from Hellman's work, this study presents a synopsis of each of Hellman's plays and also features discussions of "theatncahsm," realism, and the impact of the Depression and World War II on Hellman's craft

Lederer, Kathenne. Lillian Hellman, Twayne, 1979. A useful...
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