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Theater of the avant-garde, 1890-1950 : a critical anthology with a new introduction by Robert Knopf and Julia Listengarten / edited by Robert Knopf.
LIBRA PN6112 .T42 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Listengarten, Julia, 1967- author of introduction.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drama--20th century.
- Drama.
- Experimental drama--History and criticism.
- Experimental drama.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 499 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015].
- Summary:
- An essential volume for theater artists and students alike, this anthology includes the full texts of sixteen important examples of avant-garde drama from the most daring and influential artistic movements of the first half of the twentieth century, including Symbolism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, and Surrealism. Each play is accompanied by a bio-critical introduction by the editor, and a critical essay, frequently written by the playwright, which elaborates on the play's dramatic and aesthetic concerns. A new introduction by Robert Knopf and Julia Listengarten contextualizes the plays in light of recent critical developments in avant-garde studies. By examining the groundbreaking theatrical experiments of Jarry, Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Artaud, and others, the book foregrounds the avant-garde's enduring influence on the development of modern theater. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Franco-Russian Symbolism 17
- Maurice Maeterlinck, Interior (1894) 21
- Maurice Maeterlinck, "The Modern Drama" (1904) 31
- Valery Briusov, The Wayfarer (1910) 40
- Valery Briusov, "Against Naturalism in the Theater" (1902) 48
- 2 Pataphysical Theater 53
- Alfred Jarry, King Ubu (1896) 60
- Alfred Jarry, "Theater Questions" (1897) 99
- 3 Intimate Theatre/Chamber Drama 103
- August Strindberg, The Ghost Sonata (1907) 110
- August Strindberg, from Zones of the Spirit (1907) 137
- 4 Correspondences 145
- Wassily Kandinsky, The Yellow Sound (1909) 149
- Wassily Kandinsky "On Stage Composition" (1912) 156
- 5 Italian Futurism 163
- Filippo Marinetti, Feet (1915) 171
- Umberto Boccioni, Genius and Culture (1915) 173
- Francesco Cangiullo, Detonation (1915) 176
- Filippo Marinetti, Emilio Settimelli, and Bruno Corra, "The Futurist Synthetic Theater, 1915" (1915) 177
- 6 German Expressionism 183
- Reinhard Sorge, The Beggar (1912) 187
- Yvan Goll, "Two Superdramas" (1918) 237
- 7 Dada 239
- Tristan Tzara, The Gas Heart (1920) 246
- Tristan Tzara, Dada Manifesto, 1918 (1918) 257
- 8 The Theater of Pure Form 265
- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, The Cuttlefish (1922) 271
- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, "On a New Type of Play" (1920) 295
- 9 French Surrealism 301
- Roger Vitrac, The Mysteries of Love (1927) 309
- André Breton, First Surrealist Manifesto (1924) 339
- 10 The Theater of Cruelty 347
- Antonin Artaud, The Spurt of Blood (1925) 352
- Antonin Artaud, "No More Masterpieces" (1938) 356
- 11 Russian Oberin 363
- Aleksandr Vvedensky, Christmas at the Ivanovs' (1938) 368
- Daniil Kharms, Aleksandr Vvedensky, and others, "The Oberiu Manifesto" (1928) 389
- 12 American Dada and Surrealism 395
- Gertrude Stein, Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938) 400
- Gertrude Stem, "Plays" (1934) 425
- 13 The Theater of the Absurd 441
- Arthur Adamov, The Invasion (1949) 446
- Martin Esslin, "The Theater of the Absurd" (1961) 473.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-491) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780300206739
- 0300206739
- OCLC:
- 910079203
- Publisher Number:
- 99963161496
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