Edward Albee : a casebook / edited by Bruce J. Mann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mann, Bruce J., 1952-

Series:

Casebooks on modern dramatists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Albee, Edward, 1928-2016--Criticism and interpretation.

Albee, Edward.

Albee, Edward, 1928-2016.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 150 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

From the dazzling success of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to the critical acclaim of the autobiographical Three Tall Women, Edward Albee has left his indelible mark on American theater as one of its most important and accomplished playwrights. In this volume -- the first collection devoted to Albee in more than fifteen years -- Bruce J. Mann and a stellar group of contributors analyze the theatrical innovations in Albee's four major plays and trace the evolution of his dramatic style in lesser-known works, including All Over, The-Lady from Dubuque, Malcolm, Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, Marriage Play, and Fragments.

In the original essays that make up this volume, readers will find renewed appreciation for Albee's chiaroscuro vision, his vaunted wit, his brilliant use of language, and his fearless search for meaning. The collection concludes in Albee's own voice with an exclusive interview that reveals his agile mind and his continuing determination to produce works that challenge us to look critically and creatively at ourselves and the world.

Contents:

1. Three Tall Women: Return to the Muses / Bruce J. Mann 6

2. Edward Albee: A Retrospective (and Beyond) / Anne Paolucci 18

3. Absurdly American: Rediscovering the Representation of Violence in the Zoo Story / Lisa M. Siefker Bailey 31

4. "Good, Better, Best, Bested": The Failure of American Typology in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? / Lincoln Konkle 44

5. Like Father, Like Son: The Ciphermale in A Delicate Balance and Malcolm / Robert F. Gross 63

6. Forging Text into Theatre: Edward Albee Directs Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung / Rakesh H. Solomon 79

7. A Demystified Mystique: All Over and the Fall of the Cult of True Womanhood / Emily Rosenbaum 92

8. The Lady from Dubuque: Into the Labyrinth / Ronald F. Rapin 99

9. Postmodernist Tensions in Albee's Recent Plays / Norma Jenckes 107

10. Directing Three Tall Women / Lawrence Sacharow 119

11. Interview with Edward Albee / Bruce J. Mann 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815331657

OCLC:

50234991