Screen LibraryHistory of modern drama.. Vol. 1
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 401 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781405157575 (hardback) 1405157577 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | I106 |
| CLC: | I106.3 |
| Call Number: | I106.3/K898/v.1 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-388) and index. Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I: Trauma Drama -- Chapter 2 The Price of Freedom -- Chapter 3 Unhinged Subjectivity -- Chapter 4 Aboulia -- Part II: Modernist Beginnings -- Chapter 5 Rising Symbolism -- Chapter 6 Rising Expressionism -- Part III: Realism -- Chapter 7 Rural Realism -- Chapter 8 Urban Realism -- Chapter 9 Optimistic Passion -- Chapter 10 The Campaign Against Earnestness -- Part IV: Dissociated Sensibility -- Chapter 11 Distorted Modernism -- Chapter 12 Lyrical Modernism -- Chapter 13 Sentimental Modernism -- Part V: Avant Garde -- Chapter 14 Eros and Thanatos -- Chapter 15 Rob "Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama. Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connecting themes and offering original interpretations Includes coverage of non-English works and traditions to create a global view of modern drama Considers the influence of modernism in art, music, literature, architecture, society, and politics on the formation of modern dramatic literature Takes an interpretative and |