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Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by John L. Styan
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:238 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 139 |
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| Category/Genre | Drama
Literary studies - plays and playwrights |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521296298
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| Classifications | Dewey:809.2 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
9 June 1983 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The theories of Wagner and Nietzsche provide the basic principles for this volume, disseminated by the work of Appia and Craig, and affecting the later plays of Ibsen, Maeterlinck, and Lugne-Poe's Theatre de Le'Oeuvre. Jarry is seen as the precursor of surrealism; later symbolist elements are found in the plays of Claudel, Giraudoux, Yeats, Eliot, Lorca and Pirandello. Artaud's theatre of cruelty is related to the work of Peter Brook. The theatre of the absurd is illustrated in Sartre, Beckett, Pinter and Ionesco. Recent avant-garde theatre in America and Britain also reveals elements of symbolism.
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