Reassessing the theatre of the absurd Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter /
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230118829 |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230113381, 2011. |
Carrier Form: | 190 p. |
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9780230113381 9780230118829 : 0230118828 : |
CLC: | I500.73 |
Contents: | Introduction: Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd * "The Parable of Estagon's Struggle with the Boot" in Waiting for Godot * The Pinteresque Oedipal Household: The Interrogation Scene(s) in The Birthday Party * The Parable of the White Clown: The Use of Ritual in Jean Genet's The Blacks: A Clown Show * Berenger, The Sisyphean Hero * Conclusion: Theorizing a 'Female Absurd' in Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart as a Means of Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd. |