John Gassner

636 total citations
41 papers, 224 citations indexed

About

John Gassner is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Music and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, John Gassner has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 224 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 14 papers in Music and 8 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in John Gassner's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (16 papers), Theater, Performance, and Music History (14 papers) and Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research (7 papers). John Gassner is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (16 papers), Theater, Performance, and Music History (14 papers) and Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research (7 papers). John Gassner collaborates with scholars based in . John Gassner's co-authors include Kenneth E. Rowe, G. M. A. Grube, Anthony Graham‐White, Henrik Ibsen, Walther R. Volbach, Jack Zipes, Michael Anderson and August Strindberg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Modern Language Review, Comparative Literature and College English.

In The Last Decade

John Gassner

23 papers receiving 94 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Gassner 6 70 56 52 37 37 41 224
Gerald F. Else 9 108 1.5× 59 1.1× 30 0.6× 13 0.4× 58 1.6× 19 291
Lienhard Bergel United States 8 35 0.5× 76 1.4× 18 0.3× 23 0.6× 34 0.9× 28 216
Harriet Zinnes 6 24 0.3× 76 1.4× 12 0.2× 22 0.6× 33 0.9× 21 188
Van Meter Ames United States 6 43 0.6× 24 0.4× 20 0.4× 13 0.4× 33 0.9× 54 167
L. A. Willoughby 1 60 0.9× 32 0.6× 28 0.5× 10 0.3× 77 2.1× 2 242
Murray Krieger United States 8 31 0.4× 77 1.4× 61 1.2× 9 0.2× 42 1.1× 55 230
Stephen M. Archer 3 16 0.2× 70 1.3× 56 1.1× 31 0.8× 31 0.8× 9 182
Marcia Allentuck United States 5 17 0.2× 27 0.5× 49 0.9× 8 0.2× 23 0.6× 16 166
Arthur Miller Canada 8 71 1.0× 49 0.9× 46 0.9× 29 0.8× 44 1.2× 43 183
I. R. Titunik United States 6 47 0.7× 74 1.3× 22 0.4× 5 0.1× 50 1.4× 15 228

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Gassner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Gassner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gassner, John, et al.. (2000). Best plays of the early American theatre, 1787-1911. Dover Publications eBooks.
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1969). Reading and Staging the Play: An Anthology of One-Act Plays. The English Journal. 58(3). 465–465. 1 indexed citations
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1967). Best plays of the early American theatre : from the beginning to 1916. 5 indexed citations
4.
Gassner, John. (1965). Eugene O'Neill. University Microfilms International eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1964). Best American Plays, Fifth Series: 1957-1963. Educational Theatre Journal. 16(3). 291–291. 1 indexed citations
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1962). The contemporary theatre : the significant playwrights of our time.
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1961). Theatre at the Crossroads. Educational Theatre Journal. 13(1). 60–60. 3 indexed citations
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Gassner, John. (1960). Theatre at the crossroads : plays and playwrights of the mid-century American stage. Holt, Rinehart and Winston eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1960). Playwrights on Playwriting: The Meaning and Making of Modern Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco. Educational Theatre Journal. 12(3). 237–237. 5 indexed citations
10.
Gassner, John. (1959). At War with Electra. The Tulane Drama Review. 3(4). 42–50.
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Gassner, John. (1957). The Meaning and Scope of Playwriting Study. Educational Theatre Journal. 9(3). 167–167. 1 indexed citations
12.
Gassner, John. (1957). The Possibilities and Perils of Modern Tragedy. The Tulane Drama Review. 1(3). 3–14. 1 indexed citations
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Gassner, John. (1957). Broadway in Review. Educational Theatre Journal. 9(1). 38–38. 3 indexed citations
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Gassner, John. (1956). Form and idea in modern theatre. Holt, Rinehart and Winston eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1956). Form and Idea in Modern Theatre. Educational Theatre Journal. 8(4). 338–338. 1 indexed citations
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Gassner, John. (1956). Broadway in Review. Educational Theatre Journal. 8(1). 29–29. 1 indexed citations
17.
Gassner, John. (1955). Forms of Modern Drama. Comparative Literature. 7(2). 129–129. 3 indexed citations
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Gassner, John. (1954). Broadway in Review. Educational Theatre Journal. 6(4). 331–331. 7 indexed citations
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Gassner, John. (1953). Masters of the Drama. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations
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Gassner, John, et al.. (1952). Best American plays. 1 indexed citations

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