Reassessing the theatre of the absurd Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bennett, Michael Y., 1980-
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230118829
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230113381, 2011.
Carrier Form: 190 p.
ISBN: 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.