Impossible performances : Duras as dramatist / Gabrielle H. Cody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cody, Gabrielle H., 1956-

Series:

Literature and the visual arts ; vol. 14.

Literature and the visual arts ; vol. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Duras, Marguerite--Dramatic works.

Duras, Marguerite.

Drama.

Physical Description:

viii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2000]

Contents:

Introduction: Duras as Dramatist 1

Chapter 1 The False Solution of Theater 11

Chapter 2 The Gestus of Absence, the Body Disembodied: L'Amante Anglaise 47

Chapter 3 Duras's Endgames and Apocalyptic Footnotes: Les Eaux et Forets; Yes, Peut-Etre; Le Shaga; Detruire, Dit-Elle 63

Chapter 4 On The Continents of Her Mind: Duras's Theater of Emptied Space: India Song; L'Eden Cinema; Savannah Bay 81

Chapter 5 Eros and Thanatos: Love in the Durasian World: Aurelia Steiner; The Man Sitting in the Corridor 107

Chapter 6 Impossible Performances: The Malady of Death; Blue Eyes, Black Hair 127

Epilogue: Paper Tombs 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-158) and index.

ISBN:

0820444855

OCLC:

41580502