Book Series Guide

Author guide

Gerald Weales Books in Order

Gerald Clifford Weales (1925–2013) was an American professor, drama critic, and author. He taught English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania until 1987, wrote extensively on English and American theater and American film comedy, reviewed theater for The Reporter and Commonweal, and also published a novel and two children's books. He received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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American Drama Since World War II

A foundational, career-defining study that provides the clearest entry into Weales's criticism of American theater.

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Miss Grimsbee

A two-volume children's fiction series featuring Miss Grimsbee.

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  1. 1
    Miss Grimsbee Is a Witch

    Book 1 · children's fiction · 1957

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  2. 2
    Miss Grimsbee Takes a Vacation

    Book 2 · children's fiction · 1965

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (6)
  1. Tale for the Bluebird

    novel · 1960

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  2. Religion in Modern English Drama

    nonfiction · 1961

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  3. American Drama Since World War II

    nonfiction · 1962

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  4. A Play and Its Parts

    nonfiction · 1964

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  5. The Jumping-Off Place: American Drama in the 1960s

    nonfiction · 1969

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  6. Canned Goods as Caviar: American Film Comedy of the 1930s

    nonfiction · 1985

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Nonfiction (1)
  1. Clifford Odets, Playwright

    biography · 1971

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Other (1)
  1. Tennessee Williams

    monograph · 1965

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