A history of modern drama. Volume I

"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...

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Main Author: Krasner, David, 1952-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Trauma drama
  • pt. 2. Modernist beginnings
  • pt. 3. Realism
  • pt. 4. Dissociated sensibility
  • pt. 5. Avant garde
  • pt. 6. Epic modernism
  • pt. 7. The divided self of American drama
  • pt. 8. Hell is other people
  • pt. 9. Modernist improvising
  • pt. 10. Conclusion.