Tony Kushner (bloom's Modern Critical Views) →

: Noted for his extensive scholarship on the entirety of Kushner’s career, including "minor" works like A Bright Room Called Day and Hydriotaphia . Summary of Critical Reception

: Provides the introductory essay focusing on Kushner’s place within the Western canon and his connection to 19th-century American epics. Tony Kushner (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

: Critics like Carla Bryony Douglas and James Fisher (whom Bloom calls a leading Kushner scholar) explore how Kushner’s plays negotiate human suffering and the potential for change through political activism, even in the face of spiritual depletion. : Noted for his extensive scholarship on the

: Essays within the collection, such as those by Jonathan Freedman , examine how Kushner uses gay and Jewish identities to deconstruct the "American myth of the Individual". : Essays within the collection, such as those

: Harold Bloom argues in his introduction that while Kushner views himself as a political dramatist, his true power lies in his spiritual and metaphysical explorations. Bloom identifies Kushner’s literary "ancestors" as Walt Whitman and Herman Melville , rather than strictly political figures like Bertolt Brecht.

: Contributes a seminal piece on the intersections of queer and Jewish identities, specifically through the character of Roy Cohn.