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Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell (glăs´pĕl), 1876–1948, American author, b. Davenport, Iowa, grad. Drake Univ. She married the playwright George Cram Cook (1913) and with him organized (1915) the Provincetown Players, an avant-garde theater group in Massachusetts. She wrote several plays for the company, including the one-acts Suppressed Desires (written with her husband, 1916) and Trifles (1916). She also served as actress and producer. Her longer plays include The Inheritors (1921) and Alison's House (1930; Pulitzer Prize). In addition she wrote several novels, short stories, and a biography of Cook, The Road to the Temple (1926).
See biography by B. Ozieblo (2001).
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Susan Glaspell's Century of American Women: A Critical Interpretation of Her Work
Veronica Makowsky. Oxford University Press, 1993
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Veronica Makowsky. Oxford University Press, 1993
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays
Rank Shay; Pierre Loving. Stewart & Kidd, 1920
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Rank Shay; Pierre Loving. Stewart & Kidd, 1920
Librarian’s tip: "Trifles: A Play" by Susan Glaspell begins on p. 361
The Pulitzer Prize Plays, 1918-1934
Kathryn Coe; William H. Cordell. Random House, 1935
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Kathryn Coe; William H. Cordell. Random House, 1935
Librarian’s tip: "Alison's House" by Susan Glaspell begins on p. 649
American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Laurie Champion. Greenwood Press, 2000
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Laurie Champion. Greenwood Press, 2000
Librarian’s tip: "Susan Keating Glaspell (1876-1948)" begins on p. 133
American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950
Yvonne Shafer. Peter Lang, 1997
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Yvonne Shafer. Peter Lang, 1997
Librarian’s tip: "Susan Glaspell (1876-1948)" begins on p. 36
Difference in View: Women and Modernism
Gabriele Griffin. Taylor & Francis, 1994
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Gabriele Griffin. Taylor & Francis, 1994
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 11 "'Meeting the Outside': The Theatre of Susan Glaspell"
Women in Literature: Reading through the Lens of Gender
Jerilyn Fisher; Ellen S. Silber. Greenwood Press, 2003
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Jerilyn Fisher; Ellen S. Silber. Greenwood Press, 2003
Librarian’s tip: "Women Righting Wrongs: Morality and Justice in Susan Glaspell's Trifles" begins on p. 289
Disclosing Intertextualities: The Stories, Plays, and Novels of Susan Glaspell
Martha C. Carpentier; Barbara Ozieblo. Rodopi, 2006
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Martha C. Carpentier; Barbara Ozieblo. Rodopi, 2006
Susan Glaspell's Fiction: 'Fidelity' as American Romance
Carpenter, Martha C. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring 1994
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Carpenter, Martha C. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring 1994
The Drama of Transition: Native and Exotic Playcraft
Isaac Goldberg. Stewart Kidd Company, 1922
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Isaac Goldberg. Stewart Kidd Company, 1922
Librarian’s tip: "Susan Glaspell" begins on p. 472
Playwrights of the New American Theater
Thomas H. Dickinson. The Macmillan Company, 1925
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Thomas H. Dickinson. The Macmillan Company, 1925
Librarian’s tip: "Susan Glaspell and Zoe Akins" begins on p. 208
Movers and Shakers: American Women Thinkers and Activists, 1900-1970
June Sochen. Quadrangle, 1973
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June Sochen. Quadrangle, 1973
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Susan Glaspell begins on p. 75
Realism and the American Dramatic Tradition
William W. Demastes. University of Alabama Press, 1996
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William W. Demastes. University of Alabama Press, 1996
Librarian’s tip: Chap. Four "The Provincetown Players' Experiments with Realism"
Our American Theatre
Oliver M. Sayler. Brentano's, 1923
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Oliver M. Sayler. Brentano's, 1923
Librarian’s tip: Chap. VII "The Provincetown Players"